Biocapital: the constitution of postgenomic life

Introduction : capitalisms and biotechnologies -- Circulations -- Exchange and value : contradictions in market logic in American and Indian genome enterprises -- Life and debt : global and local political ecologies of biocapital -- Articulations -- Vision and hype : the conjuration of promissory bi...

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Main Author: Sunder Rajan, Kaushik 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press 2006
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Summary:Introduction : capitalisms and biotechnologies -- Circulations -- Exchange and value : contradictions in market logic in American and Indian genome enterprises -- Life and debt : global and local political ecologies of biocapital -- Articulations -- Vision and hype : the conjuration of promissory biocapitalist futures -- Promise and fetish : genomic facts and personalized medicine, or life is a business plan -- Salvation and nation : underlying belief structures of biocapital -- Entrepreneurs and start-ups : the story of an e-learning company -- Coda : surplus and symptom
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-326) and index
Physical Description:xi, 343 p 23 cm
ISBN:9780822388005
0822388006

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