Flourishing thought [electronic resource] democracy in an age of data hoards

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자료유형	e-Book
서명/저자사항	Flourishing thought [electronic resource]: democracy in an age of data hoards / Ruth A. Miller.
개인저자	Miller, Ruth Austin, 1975- author.
발행사항	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016].
형태사항	1 online resource (viii, 230 pages.).
기타형태 저록	Original 9780472130108 0472130102
ISBN	9780472122301 0472122304
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	1. Introduction; 2. Boundless Thought; 3. Embryos; 4. Clones; 5. Trash; 6. Data Hoards; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
소장본주기	eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks
요약	"Challenging the posthumanist canon which celebrates the pre-eminence of matter, Ruth Miller, inFlourishingThoughtargues that what nonhuman systems contribute to democracy is thought. Drawing on recent feminist theories of nonhuman life and politics, Miller shows that reproduction and flourishing are not antithetical to contemplation and sensitivity. After demonstrating processes of life and processes of thought are indistinguishable, Miller finds that four menacing accumulations of matter and information--global surveillance, stored embryos, human clones, and reproductive trash--are politically productive rather than threats to democratic politics. As a consequence, she questions the usefulness of individual rights such as privacy and dignity, contests the value of the rational metaphysics underlying human-centered political participation, and re-evaluates the gender relations that derive from this type of participation. Ultimately, in place of these human-centered structures, Miller posits a more meditative mode of democratic engagement. Miller's argument has shattering implications for the debates over the proper use and disposal of embryonic tissue, alarms about data gathering by the state and corporations, and other major ethical, social, and security issues"--
해제	Provided by publisher.
일반주제명	Democracy --Philosophy. Democracy --Social aspects. Democracy --Moral and ethical aspects. Feminist theory. POLITICAL SCIENCE --History & Theory. SOCIAL SCIENCE --Gender Studies. Democracy --Moral and ethical aspects. Democracy --Philosophy. Democracy --Social aspects. Feminist theory.
분류기호(DDC)	321.8
언어	영어
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