Genetics critical concepts in social and cultural theory

Scientific developments have always been central to conceptions of society at particular historical moments. However, the rise of molecular biology and the new genetic knowledge in the twentieth century pose particular challenges to our notions of the individual, our sense of past and future, and ou...

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Main Author: Redclift, Nanneke
Other Authors: Gibbon, Sahra
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Routledge 2006
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