1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461645203321

Autore

Heins Volker <1957->

Titolo

Beyond friend and foe [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of critical theory / / by Volker Heins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden [The Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-11979-X

9786613119797

90-04-19468-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

Social and critical theory : a critical horizons book series, , 1572-459X ; ; v. 9

Disciplina

301.01

Soggetti

Critical theory - Political aspects

Frankfurt school of sociology

Sociology - Political aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Knowing the worst : critical theory as trauma narrative -- From factions to rackets : the traps of conspiracy thinking -- Flaneurs without borders : Benjamin and the cultural politics of travel writing -- Meanings of barbarism : civil society and its others -- Orientalizing America : Habermas and the changing discourse of Europe -- Age of access? : the place of property in critical theory -- Realizing Honneth : redistribution, recognition, and global justice -- From persons to peoples : the politics of recognition in international society.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a thematic account of the changing political philosophy of critical theorists from Adorno to Habermas and Honneth. In addition to teasing out unexplored elements of political thought from the writings of important Frankfurt School intellectuals and their successors, the book seeks to establish the relevance of this tradition for contemporary political theory. Readers are offered an inside perspective, developed out of primary texts including some hitherto unused sources, which is combined with the outside perspective of non-Frankfurt School traditions such as cultural sociology. Heins



presents a fresh reading of Critical Theory in ways that remind us both of what this theory is and what it can be.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454434403321

Titolo

Ethical issues in governing biobanks [[electronic resource] ] : global perspectives / / edited by Bernice Elger ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., c2008

ISBN

1-317-14148-2

1-281-83410-6

9786611834104

0-7546-8928-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ElgerBernice

Disciplina

174.2

Soggetti

Human genetics - Databases - Law and legislation

Human genetics - Databases - Moral and ethical aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Notes on the Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Biobanks, Genomics, and Research-A Nightmare for Public Policy Makers?; PART I: RESEARCH BIOBANKS: CURRENT STATUS AND DEBATES; PART II: CONSENSUS AND CONTROVERSIES AMONG INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS CONCERNING ISSUES RAISED BY GENETIC DATABASES; PART III: SHAPING THE FUTURE LEGAL AND ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT OF GENETIC DATABASES; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Population genomics research drawing on genetic databases has expanded rapidly, with some of this information being combined in 'biobanks'. Managing this information in an appropriate way is a highly complex ethical issue in the health policy arena. This book combines theoretical and empirical research to analyze the areas of conflict and consensus in the regulatory and ethical frameworks that have been developed to govern biobanks.