1st Edition

Perspectives on Genetic Discrimination

By Thomas Lemke Copyright 2013
172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

Over the past 15 years, a series of empirical studies in different countries have shown that our increasing genetic knowledge leads to new forms of exclusion, disadvantaging and stigmatization. The spectrum of this "genetic discrimination" ranges from disadvantages at work, via problems with insurance policies, to difficulties with adoption agencies. The empirical studies on the problem of... Read more

Introduction  1. Disease as Error? Foundations and Limits of Molecular Medicine  2. Genetic Discrimination: Empirical Evidence and Regulatory Responses  3. Empirical Deficits and Normative Contradictions: Problems in the Analysis of Genetic Discrimination  4. "A Slap in the Face": An Exploratory Study of Genetic Discrimination in Germany  5. The Regime of Truth and Dimensions of Genetic Responsibility  6. Conclusion: Pitfalls of Criticism

Biography

Thomas Lemke is Heisenberg Professor of Sociology with focus on Biotechnologies, Nature and Society at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main in Germany. His research interests include social and political theory, biopolitics, social studies of genetic and reproductive technologies.