A body worth defending : immunity, biopolitics, and the apotheosis of the modern body
Title:
A body worth defending : immunity, biopolitics, and the apotheosis of the modern body
Author:
Cohen, Ed, 1958-
ISBN:
9780822345350
Publication Information:
London [etc.] : Duke University Press, 2009
Physical Description:
x, 372 p. ; 25 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Living before and beyond the law, or a reasonable organism defends itself -- A body worth having, or a system of natural governance -- A policy called milieu, or the human organism’s vital space -- Incorporating immunity, or the defensive poetics of modern medicine -- Conclusion : immune communities, common immunities.
Subject:
| Immunity |
| Human body |
| Biopolitics |
| Medicine -- History |