The transplant imaginary : : mechanical hearts, animal parts, and moral thinking in highly experimental science / / Lesley A. Sharp.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berkeley : : University of California Press,, [2014] 2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (236 pages) :; illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Moral Neutrality in Experimental Science
- 1. The Reconfigured Body of the Transplant Imaginary
- 2. Hybrid Bodies and Animal Science: The Promises of Interspecies Proximity
- 3. Artificial Life: Perfecting the Mechanical Heart
- 4. Temporality and Social Desire in Anticipatory Science
- Conclusion: The Moral Parameters of Virtuous Science
- Notes
- References
- Index.