The Saving Power of Biotechnology: On Public Perceptions of a Field of Technology  

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Reuter, Lars

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Ethical Perspectives: Journal of the European Ethics Network vol. 12 no. 1 (Mar. 2005), page 3-16.
Topik: Biotechnology; Public Perceptions; Technology

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE45.9 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Biotechnology emerges in the nexus of academic, political and economic interests. With its strong reliance on a human individual capable of changing matter or organisms in accordance with anticipated goals, biotechnology is closely linked with a modern notion of human agency. Int his article, it is argued that in contemporary European societies, biotechnology is perceived in three distinct ways, namely as an agent, as pluripotent, and as salvific. Similar to other forms of technologies, it provides a foil for human activity and projection, but is supersedes them in a quasi religious fashion. The great fascination with the biotechnological enterprise might, thus, express a more fundamental longing for narratives providing coherence and meaning.

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