Political biology : science and social values in human heredity from eugenics to epigenetics /: science and social values in human heredity from eugenics to epigenetics. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Maurizio Meloni, Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, UK.
• Authors: Meloni, Maurizio, 1971-
• Contents: Political biology and the politics of epistemology -- Nineteenth century: from heredity to hard-heredity -- Into the wild: the radical ethos of eugenics -- A political quadrant -- Time for a repositioning: political biology after 1945 -- Pillars of democratic biology -- Welcome to postgenomics: reactive genomes, epigenetics and the rebirth of soft-heredity -- Conclusions: the quandary of political biology in the twenty-first century.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616/.042; Social sciences; Human genetics -- Social aspects; Human genetics -- History; Eugenics; Epigenetics; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Epigenetics; Eugenics; Human genetics; Human genetics -- Social aspects; Heredity; Eugenics -- history; Epigenomics -- history; Politics; Social Values -- history; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Science -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Science -- Physics; Science -- History; Science -- Life Sciences -- General; Philosophy of science; Sociology; Impact of science & technology on society; History of ideas; Life sciences: general issues; Social medicine; Science_xPhilosophy; Intellectual life-History; Life sciences; Social Science -- Disease & Health Issues; Medical sociology; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137377722; 1137377720
• Related ISBNs: 9781137377715; 1137377712; 9781137377739; 9781137377729
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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