Biotech Time-Bomb: The Side-Effects Are the Main Effects (Scott Eastham)
	Quantity in Basket:none Code: 1-57273-904-8 Price:$14.95 Title: Biotech Time-Bomb Sub-title: The Side-Effects Are the Main effects Author(s): Scott Eastham Publish Date: May 2009 Pages: 102 Format: Paper
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This is a probing analysis of the origins, transformations, and prospects of the Western mentality behind genetic engineering and similar strategies for manipulating the basic elements of life. It is the first media ecology critique of the “control paradigm” now dominant in developed societies, and a clarion call for cross-cultural dialogue. Beyond demonstrating in damning detail who the side-effects of new technologies usually turn out to be their main effects, the book also highlights alternative perspectives from other cultures and urges renewed attention to the inexhaustible resourcefulness of life itself. Contents: Preface to the American Edition. WORLDVIEWS IN COLLISION: THE CHALLENGE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING. When Worldviews Collide. The Golden Rule of Bioethics. The Human Genome: Map is Not a Territory. THE SIDE-EFFECTS ARE THE MAIN EFFECTS: THE GREAT UNLEARNED LESSON OF MEDIA HISTORY FROM LITERACY TO GENETIC ENGINEERING. Speech. Literacy. The Manuscript Period. Print. The Control Paradigm. Electricity. The Automation Idea. The Digital Revolution. Unreality Check—Genetic Engineering. AN INTERCULTURAL CORRECTIVE: THE IDEOGRAM AS WORLD PICTURE. The Linguistic Challenge: A Poet’s Eye View. The Philosophical Challenge: Symbol ≠ Sign. The Religious Challenge: Integrity of the Whole. TIME-BOMB: A PLURALISTIC DILEMMA. The Choice. Poles Apart. The Gift. Notes. Index.