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Palgrave MacMillan Biopolitics and Utopia An Interdisciplinary Reader 2015 Edition by P. Stapleton, A. Byers
This interdisciplinary reader offers a fascinating exploration of the intersection of biopolitics and utopia by employing a range of theoretical approaches. Each essay provides a unique application of the two concepts to topics spanning the social sciences and humanities. Table of contents :- 1. Introduction - Andrew Byers and Patricia Stapleton, 'Biopolitics and Utopia' Section I: Actions 2. Andrew Byers, 'American Bodies in a Time of War: The Militarized Body as a Utopian Space and Biopolitical Project for the State' 3. Patricia Stapleton, 'The Inauspicious Regulatory Beginnings of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis' 4. Arpita Das, ''Abnormals' or 'Exceptions': The Use of Technologies for Intersex People and People with Disabilities' Section II: Speculations 5. Evie Kendal, 'Utopian Visions of 'Making People': Science Fiction and Debates on Cloning, Ectogenesis, Genetic Engineering, and Genetic Discrimination' 6.Selena Middleton, 'Decolonizing the Future: Biopolitics, Ethics, and Foresight through the Lens of Science Fiction' Section III: Reactions 7. Elena Cohen, ''All Day, All Week, Occupy Wall Street!': Space, Biopower, and Resistance' 8. Rasmus Simonsen, 'Eating for the Future: Veganism and the Challenge of In vitro Meat' Section IV: Reflections 8. Cameron Barrows, 'Utopia and Biopolitics: The Need for an Ethics in Biotechnology'