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Genetic Nature/Culture
The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious--or more fraught with paradox--than in the burgeoning realm of genetics. A …
Fox in the Henhouse
An activist and a philosopher discuss how privatization harms society and how we can challenge it.Privatization has been on the right-wing agenda for years. Health care, schools, …
Backdoor to Eugenics
Considered a classic in the field, Troy Duster's Backdoor to Eugenics was a groundbreaking book that grappled with the social and political implications of the new genetic …
Whitewashing Race
In an updated new edition of this classic work, a team of highly respected sociologists, political scientists, economists, criminologists, and legal scholars scrutinize the …
Tactical Biopolitics
Scientists, scholars, and artists consider the political significance of recent advances in the biological sciences.Popular culture in this "biological century" seems to feed on …
Backdoor to Eugenics
Considered a classic in the field, Troy Duster's Backdoor to Eugenics was a groundbreaking book that grappled with the social and political implications of the new genetic …
Cultural Perspectives on Biological Knowledge
Scholars remain locked in a battle over the relative importance of heredity and environment for such diverse matters as human intelligence, female institution, and racial …
Whitewashing Race
White Americans, abetted by neo-conservative writers of all hues, generally believe that racial discrimination is a thing of the past and that any racial inequalities that …
Beyond Bioethics
For decades, the field of bioethics has shaped the way we think about ethical problems in science, technology, and medicine. But its traditional emphasis on individual interests …
Whitewashing Race
White Americans, abetted by neo-conservative writers of all hues, generally believe that racial discrimination is a thing of the past and that any racial inequalities that …