Following centuries of debate about ‘nature and nurture’ the discovery of DNA established the idea that nature (genes) determines who we are, relegating nurture (environment) to icing on the cake.
Since the 1950s, the new science of epigenetics has demonstrated how cellular environments and certain experiences and behaviors influence gene expression at the molecular level, with significant implications for health and wellbeing. To the amazement of scientists, mapping the human genome indirectly supported these insights. Anthropologists Margaret Lock and Gisli Palsson outline vituperative arguments from Classical times about the relationship between nature and nurture, furthered today by epigenetic findings and the demonstration of a ‘reactive genome.’ The nature/nurture debate, they show, can never be put to rest, because these concepts are in constant flux in response to the new insights science continually offers.
Since the 1950s, the new science of epigenetics has demonstrated how cellular environments and certain experiences and behaviors influence gene expression at the molecular level, with significant implications for health and wellbeing. To the amazement of scientists, mapping the human genome indirectly supported these insights. Anthropologists Margaret Lock and Gisli Palsson outline vituperative arguments from Classical times about the relationship between nature and nurture, furthered today by epigenetic findings and the demonstration of a ‘reactive genome.’ The nature/nurture debate, they show, can never be put to rest, because these concepts are in constant flux in response to the new insights science continually offers.
Tabella dei contenuti
Preamble: Beyond the Molecular Vision of Life1. Moveable Concepts: Nature and Nurture
2. Promotion and Demotion of the Gene
3. Reinstating Nurture: From Opposition to Commingling
4. Accruing Biosocial Momentum
5. Biopolitics for the Future
Circa l’autore
Margaret Lock is Marjorie Bronfman Professor Emerita in Social Studies of Medicine at Mc Gill UniversityGisli Palsson is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iceland
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 160 ● ISBN 9780745690001 ● Dimensione 0.4 MB ● Casa editrice John Wiley & Sons ● Pubblicato 2016 ● Edizione 1 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 4911637 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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