Infectious Processes: Knowledge, Discourse, and the Politics of Prions (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History) - Tapa dura

 
9781403932235: Infectious Processes: Knowledge, Discourse, and the Politics of Prions (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History)

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Introduction: Prions?; E.Seguin PART I: KNOWLEDGE The Early History of the Protein-Only Hypothesis. Scientific Change and Multidisciplinary Research; M.J.Poulsen & H.Andersen Styles of Scientific Practice and the Prion Controversy; K.Kim Paradigm Change? Explaining the Nature of the TSE Agent in Germany; K.Dressel PART II: DISCOURSE Visualizing Prions, Graphic Representations and the Biography of Prions; J.Segal & E.Francoeur PART III: POLITICS Prion Research and the Public Sphere in France; B.Chamak The UK BSE Crisis and the Prion Discursive Chain in Scientific Literature; E.Seguin Conclusion: The Prion Case; E.Seguin

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EVE SEGUIN is a Political Scientist whose work on the political function of science lies at the crossroads of political theory, science studies and discourse analysis. She has published a number of papers on in vitro fertilization, discourse analysis, the BSE crisis, and the role of scientific discourse in politics. She is currently studying the influence of prion discourse on the UK BSE crisis.

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9781349515875: Infectious Processes: Knowledge, Discourse, and the Politics of Prions

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ISBN 10:  1349515876 ISBN 13:  9781349515875
Editorial: Palgrave MacMillan, 2017
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