De-Extinction and the Genomics Revolution: Life on Demand - Couverture rigide

Fletcher, Amy Lynn

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3030257886 ISBN 13 : 9783030257880

Editeur : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019

Synopsis

This book considers the cultural history and politics of de-extinction, an approach to wildlife conservation that seeks to use advanced biotechnologies for genetic rescue, crisis interventions, and even species resurrections. It demonstrates how the genomic revolution creates new possibilities for human transformation of nature and accelerates the arrival of the era of life-on demand. Fletcher combines a summative overview of the modern progress in biology and biotechnology that has brought us to this moment and evaluates the relationship between de-extinction and provocative contemporary ideas such as rewilding, eco-modernism, and the Anthropocene. Overall, the book contends that de-extinction, as reported in the public sphere, shifts between the demands of science and spectacle and draws upon our ongoing fascination with lost worlds, Frankenstein's monster, woolly mammoths, and dinosaurs.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Amy Lynn Fletcher is an Associate Professor of Political Science at The University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She specializes in science, technology and environmental politics. She is an Associate Editor for Politics and the Life Sciences and Features Editor of Human Futures magazine.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030257886
• ISBN 13: 9783030257880
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 93
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