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UNINA9910793005703321 |
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Grmek Mirko D (Mirko Dražen), <1924-2000, > |
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Pathological realities : essays on disease, experiments, and history / / Mirko D. Grmek ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Pierre-Olivier Methot ; foreword by Hans-Jorg Rheinberger |
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New York : , : Fordham University Press, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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0-8232-8037-3 |
0-8232-8036-5 |
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[First edition.] |
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1 online resource (264 pages) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- contents -- foreword -- editor and translator’s note -- introduction -- one. Preliminaries for a Historical Study of Diseases -- two. The Concept of Emerging Disease -- three. Some Unorthodox Views and a Selection Hypothesis on the Origin of the AIDS Viruses -- four. First Steps in Claude Bernard’s Discovery of the Glycogenic Function of the Liver -- five. The Causes and the Nature of Ageing -- six. A Survey of the Mechanical Interpretations of Life from the Greek Atomists to the Followers of Descartes -- seven. A Plea for Freeing the History of Scientific Discoveries from Myth -- eight. A Memoricide -- nine. Dubrovnik: The Slavic Athens -- acknowledgments -- notes -- bibliography -- index |
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Mirko D. Grmek (1924-2000) is one of the most significant figures in the history of medicine, and has long been considered a pioneer of the field. The singular trajectory that took Grmek from Yugoslavia to the academic culture of post-war France placed him at the crossroads of different intellectual trends and made him an influential figure during the second half of the twentieth century. Yet, scholars have rarely attempted to articulate his distinctive vision of the history of science and medicine with all its tensions, contradictions, and ambiguities. This volume brings together and publishes for the first time in English a range of Grmek’s writings, providing a portrait of his entire career as a |
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historian of science and an engaged intellectual figure. Pathological Realities pieces together Grmek’s scholarship that reveals the interconnections of diseases, societies, and medical theories. Straddling the sciences and the humanities, Grmek crafted significant new concepts and methods to engage with contemporary social problems such as wars, genocides and pandemics. Uniting some major strands of his published work that are still dispersed or simply unknown, this volume covers the deep epistemological changes in historical conceptions of disease as well as major advances within the life sciences and their historiography. Opening with a classic essay – “Preliminaries for a Historical Study of Diseases,” this volume introduces Grmek’s notions of “pathocenosis” and “emerging infections,” illustrating them with historical and contemporary cases. Pathological Realities also showcases Grmek’s pioneering approach to the history of science and medicine using laboratory notebooks as well as his original work on biological thought and the role of ideologies and myths in the history of science. The essays assembled here reveal Grmek’s significant influence and continued relevance for current research in the history of medicine and biology, medical humanities, science studies, and the philosophy of science. |
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UNINA9910151612703321 |
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Qiu Jack Linchuan <1973-> |
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Goodbye iSlave : a manifesto for digital abolition / / Jack Linchuan Qiu |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2016 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
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Geopolitics of information |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications Industries |
Slavery |
Internet industry - Employees - China |
Information technology - Moral and ethical aspects - China |
Information technology - Social aspects - China |
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Previously issued in print: 2016. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Departure: A Changing World -- 2. Patterns of Slavery -- 3. Manufacturing iSlave -- 4. Manufactured iSlave -- 5. Molding and Resisting Appconn -- 6. A Temporary Closure -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About The Author. |
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"Welcome to a brave new world of profit making, propelled by high technology, guarded by enterprising authority, and carried forward by millions of workers. These millions of bodies gather in gigantic factory complexes to produce coveted commodities--iPhones, iPads, and other gadgets--for consumers worldwide. Yet, at these same factories, working conditions are notoriously oppressive, to the point that a number of employees there have committed suicide. In this study, Jack Linchuan Qiu examines systems of domination, exploitation, and alienation in an era of information technology, global connectivity, and individual consumerism engineered by corporations in collusion with national and regional state authorities. Focusing on notorious Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn, Qiu conceptually develops the idea of iSlavery and the planetary Apple-Foxconn alliance he calls Appconn. |
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Beginning with historical and legal explorations of slavery, he compares conditions of Foxconn workers to those of 17th century transatlantic slaves. Moving on from labor issues, he turns to fanatic consumption of digital media and argues that compulsive free labor contributions to commodity cycles constitute another form of iSlavery. Qiu relies on interviews, news analysis, and first-hand observation to clarify the circumstances faced by Foxconn workers and examine how a transborder working-class civil society was mobilized. He analyzes how media play a role in shaping public opinion and influencing corporate and state policies, ultimately affecting the fate of workers at the very bottom of the problematic new international division of labor"-- |
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