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Governing the Present
Wiley 2013; US$ 24.95The literature on governmentality has had a major impact across the social sciences over the past decade, and much of this has drawn upon the pioneering work by Peter Miller and Nikolas Rose. This volume will bring together key papers from their work for the first time, including those that set out the basic frameworks, concepts and ethos of this approach... more...
Powers of Freedom
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 32.00An impressive approach to an important and influential school of thought, derived from Foucault's writings on governmentality, by one of its major exponents. Nikolas Rose's book will serve as an intelligent and critical introduction to governmentality for students and scholars alike. more...
The Politics of Life Itself
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 35.00For centuries, medicine aimed to treat abnormalities. But today normality itself is open to medical modification. Equipped with a new molecular understanding of bodies and minds, and new techniques for manipulating basic life processes at the level of molecules, cells, and genes, medicine now seeks to manage human vital processes. The Politics of... more...
Inventing our Selves
Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 30.00Inventing Our Selves radically approaches the regime of the self and the values that animate it. more...
Neuro
Princeton University Press 2013; US$ 70.00The brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics. Many now believe that the brain is what makes us human, and it seems that neuroscientists are poised to become the new experts in the management of human conduct. Neuro describes the... more...
Narrating the New Predictive Genetics
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 36.00This book explores how new techniques in genetic testing have changed the relationship between ethics and medicine. Drawing on research with families affected by Huntington's Disease, the author highlights the disparity between actually living with the results of genetic testing and the public debates around genetic testing and medicine. more...
Pharmaceutical Reason
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 35.00Lakoff presents an arresting case-study highlighting the social and political implications of a new 'pharmaceutical' way of thinking about and acting upon human behaviour and human thought. Drawing from a comprehensive ethnography of psychiatric practice in Argentina, this will appeal beyond psychiatry and the life sciences. more...
The Politics of Personalised Medicine
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 41.00Applies a social science perspective to exploring issues arising in clinical practice as a result of drug development linked to genetic testing. These include the social context within which new drugs are trialled, attitudes of the clinicians asked to administer them, expectations of clinicians and patients and associated ethical issues. more...
The Human Genome Diversity Project
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 36.00The Human Genome Diversity Project was an important and controversial programme of research arising from debates surrounding the mapping of the human genome. This book is based on an ethnography of laboratory practice and explores issues around standardization, naturalisation and diversity. more...
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