Here, the authors argue that the task of institutions in the molecular age is to make a pluralistic society possible by carving a legitimate free space that allows experimentation with new forms of biological life as well as with new forms of social life.
This volume charts the mutual reconfiguration between scientific and social innovations in and around the molecular life sciences. Today's biology is making visible what was once invisible. It parses life into new units of sense-making and reassembles them into new forms: from g…
The molecular life sciences are making visible what was once invisible. Yet the more we learn about our own biology, the less we are able to fit this knowledge into an integrated whole. Life is divided into new sub-units and reassembled into new forms: from genes to clones, from…
"Following evolutionary theory to its logical conclusion, Death, Hope and Sex uses life history theory and attachment theory to construct a model of human nature in which critical features are understood in terms of the development of alternative reproductive strategies continge…
"Following evolutionary theory to its logical conclusion, Death, Hope and Sex uses life history theory and attachment theory to construct a model of human nature in which critical features are understood in terms of the development of alternative reproductive strategies continge…
Biographische InformationenProf. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. med. habil. Gerald Hüther ist Neurobiologe an der Universität Göttingen und Autor zahlreicher Publikationen.