New organs within us: transplants and the moral economy

Half a human -- From the earth, through the quake -- Against the tide -- Traveling to the west and the east -- Within the experiment -- Close to death -- Internal objects -- Words of life -- The biopolis -- East of "reason", west of "eternal life" -- Regulating human affairs, fea...

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Main Author: Sanal, Aslıhan 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham, NC Duke University Press 2011
Series:Experimental futures
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Summary:Half a human -- From the earth, through the quake -- Against the tide -- Traveling to the west and the east -- Within the experiment -- Close to death -- Internal objects -- Words of life -- The biopolis -- East of "reason", west of "eternal life" -- Regulating human affairs, fears, emotions -- The economy of human flesh and bones -- The biopolis's vocations -- Twice inert, lifeless and life-less -- Spaces of death -- The pool of the dead -- Mehmed -- Insanity -- Kadavra -- Beyond the mirror -- Dissection and disentchantment -- Burial -- The impossible -- Reburial -- Suicide -- Dying metaphors -- Sacrifice -- Rites of diffusion
Item Description:Description based on print version record. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 244 Seiten) ill
ISBN:9780822393672
0822393670

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