
Neoliberalism and Technoscience: Critical Assessments (Hardback)
Marja Yloenen (author), Luigi Pellizzoni (editor)
£140.00
Hardback
256 Pages
Published: 13/09/2012
Published: 13/09/2012
This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the connection between processes of neoliberalization and the advancement and transformation of technoscience. Drawing on a range of theoretical insights, it explores a variety of issues including the digital revolution and the rise of immaterial culture, the rationale of psychiatric reforms and biotechnology regulation, discourses of social threats and human enhancement, and carbon markets and green energy policies. A rich exploration of the overall logic of technoscientific innovation within late capitalism, and the emergence of a novel view of human agency with regard to the social and natural world, this volume reveals the interdependence of technoscience and the neoliberalization of society. Presenting the latest research from a leading team of scholars, Neoliberalism and Technoscience will be of interest to scholars of sociology, politics, geography and science and technology studies.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN: 9781409435327
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 630 g
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 16 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Readers will come away from this book with the distinct sense that neoliberalism , whatever its strengths and weaknesses, has successfully forced humanity to re-define itself as a species in the face of various technoscientific promises and products that so-called neoliberals have promoted.' Steve Fuller, University of Warwick, UK 'Referring to Escher's famous work of Drawing Hands, the authors take-up the challenge of sketching the co-construction of neoliberalism and technoscience. By providing enlightening analyses and original perspectives the book moves this complicated relationship to the foreground of academic debate, inspiring us to rethink connections and explore them further.' Niki Vermeulen, University of Manchester, UK
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