Автор: Metzl Jonathan M Название: Against Health ISBN: 0814795927 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780814795927 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 11154.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Navigates the divergent cultural meanings of health, and its entanglement with morality in current political discourse You see someone smoking a cigarette and say,“Smoking is bad for your health,” when what you mean is, “You are a bad person because you smoke.” You encounter someone whose body size you deem excessive, and say, “Obesity is bad for your health,” when what you mean is, “You are lazy, unsightly, or weak of will.” You see a woman bottle-feeding an infant and say,“Breastfeeding is better for that child’s health,” when what you mean is that the woman must be a bad parent. You see the smokers, the overeaters, the bottle-feeders, and affirm your own health in the process. In these and countless other instances, the perception of your own health depends in part on your value judgments about others, and appealing to health allows for a set of moral assumptions to fly stealthily under the radar. Against Health argues that health is a concept, a norm, and a set of bodily practices whose ideological work is often rendered invisible by the assumption that it is a monolithic, universal good. And, that disparities in the incidence and prevalence of disease are closely linked to disparities in income and social support. To be clear, the book's stand against health is not a stand against the authenticity of people's attempts to ward off suffering. Against Health instead claims that individual strivings for health are, in some instances, rendered more difficult by the ways in which health is culturally configured and socially sustained. The book intervenes into current political debates about health in two ways. First, Against Health compellingly unpacks the divergent cultural meanings of health and explores the ideologies involved in its construction. Second, the authors present strategies for moving forward. They ask, what new possibilities and alliances arise? What new forms of activism or coalition can we create? What are our prospects for well-being? In short, what have we got if we ain't got health? Against Health ultimately argues that the conversations doctors, patients, politicians, activists, consumers, and policymakers have about health are enriched by recognizing that, when talking about health, they are not all talking about the same thing. And, that articulating the disparate valences of “health” can lead to deeper, more productive, and indeed more healthy interactions about our bodies.
Описание: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity. After 3.8 billion years humankind is about to evolve... through a new set of rules. `Hacking Darwin` is the first book to both fully and commercially explore the fascinating and controversial effect genetic engineering will have on the future of the world. Geopolitics and biotechnology expert Jamie Metzl reveals how society is on the brink of incredible new science where the power to `upgrade` our children, eliminate diseases, and resurrect extinct species will shake the core foundations we`ve embraced since the dawn of time.
Автор: Metzl Naomi Название: Waiting for the Silver Lining ISBN: 0992430321 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780992430320 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2240.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The much awaited sequel to Marble Road, Waiting for the Silver Lining follows Alexa Samson as she journeys through her last year at Redgrove College. In just one more year, Alexa will be free. One year until the end of school. One year until she is eighteen. One year until she can claim her miracle lottery win. One year until she save Bethany from the streets and heroin. All Alexa has to do is make it through. One more year. With the support of the Whites at home and Mr Knight at school, Alexa is able to believe that this might be possible, as they help steer her life towards something more than liveable. For the first time in her life, she is able to experience the joy of being truly part of a family. However, when Alexa's street-life collides violently with the Whites' peaceful home-life, she is forced to choose between the foster family she loves and the sister she can't live without. That one moment will make Alexa confront her greatest fears - the horror of her childhood nightmares, the terror of losing those she loves most - of losing Bethany - and even her own life.Perhaps she had been right, and the only way to touch the silver lining was to die.
Автор: Metzl Naomi Название: Marble Road ISBN: 0992430313 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780992430313 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1895.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Alexa Samson's life is a struggle, but this year she is determined not to care. As the twenty-first century trundles into gear, sixteen-year-old Alexa has only two years left of school. Two years until she can piece her shattered family together. All she has to do in the meantime is survive. She just wished it was as simple as it sounded. Forced to live apart from her fourteen-year-old, heroin-addicted sister and attend the draconian Redgrove College, Alexa is subjected to a world to which she does not belong and a life she cannot control. When her affair with the teacher she trusted to help see her through Redgrove turns violent, her life is plunged into chaos and she is forced into the realm of another teacher who she fears she cannot trust. Alexa's only beacon of hope is the nightmare that has plagued most of her life and the miracle it suddenly promises of being able to transform her life when she turns eighteen. Until then, Alexa is forced to take whatever actions necessary to try and survive and secure a decent life for her and her sister.
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