Bibliograph

Can science resolve the nature/nurture debate?, Margaret Lock & Gisli Palsson

Type

Label

Can science resolve the nature/nurture debate?, Margaret Lock & Gisli Palsson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Can science resolve the nature/nurture debate?

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

932116026

Responsibility statement

Margaret Lock & Gisli Palsson

Series statement

New human frontiers series

Summary

"Since the 1950s, the new science of epigenetics has demonstrated how cellular environments and certain experiences and behaviors influence gene expression at the molecular level, with significant implications for health and wellbeing. To the amazement of scientists, mapping the human genome indirectly supported these insights. Anthropologists Margaret Lock and Gisli Palsson outline vituperative arguments from Classical times about the relationship between nature and nurture, furthered today by epigenetic findings and the demonstration of a 'reactive genome.' The nature/nurture debate, they show, can never be put to rest, because these concepts are in constant flux in response to the new insights science continually offers."--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Preamble : beyond the molecular vision of life -- Moveable concepts : nature and nurture -- Promotion and demotion of the gene -- Reinstating nurture : from opposition to commingling -- Accruing biosocial momentum -- Biopolitics for the future

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