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"Techniques of genetic engineering are changing the role of living things in the production process. From rabbits that produce human pharmaceuticals in their milk to plants that produce plastics and other building materials in their leaves, life itself is increasingly harnessed as a force of industry - a living factory. What do these cutting edge developments in biotechnology tell us about our relation to nature? Going beyond the usual focus on the ethics and risks surrounding genetically modified organisms, Kenneth Fish takes the emergence of living factories as an opportunity to revisit fundamental questions concerning the relation between human beings, technology, and the natural world. He examines the coincidence of the living factory metaphor in contemporary accounts of biotechnology and in the work of Karl Marx, who described the machine as "a mechanical monster whose body fills whole factories, and whose demonic powers ... burst forth in the fast and feverish whirl of its countless working organs." Weaving together accounts of biotechnology in the molecular- and cyber-sciences, corporate literature, and environmental sociology, Living Factories casts our contemporary relation to nature in a new light. Fish shows that living factories reveal the unique role of capitalism in infusing the forces of nature with conscious purpose subordinated to processes of commodification and accumulation, and that they give a new meaning, and urgency, to the liberation of the forces of production from the fetters of capital."--Publisher's website

Preparing the speaker to stand tall -- Rhetoric, discussion, and character -- From speech science to rhetoric and philosophy -- Humanism, rhetoric, and existential ethics -- The ethics of objectivism and relativism -- The recalcitrance of humanism

hrsg. und eingel. von Jan Foitzik ; Book review (H-Net) ; Volltext // Exemplar mit der Signatur: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- PVA 2001.2910

Examines how issues of poverty and development are being framed at the global level and in the international relations research agenda; 7 articles. Topics include gender and development, and internationalizing economic and environmental policy through the World Bank.

The development of major commercial airports promotes the air transport industry and generates positive economic benefits to the airport and to its host economy. However, external costs are associated with these benefits. Any increase in aircraft movement causes negative environmental impacts, especially noise pollution. Governments have reduced aircraft noise levels at their sources, or introduced aircraft noise management strategies (ANMS); however the problems have never been satisfactorily resolved. This research aims at developing a better understanding of the impacts of aircraft noise on community health and well-being by exploring two core research questions: (1) Is health related quality of life worse in communities chronically exposed to aircraft noise than in communities not exposed? ; and (2) Does long-term aircraft noise exposure associate with adult high blood pressure level via noise stress as a mediating factor? . The Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport has been selected as a case study. The health survey instruments have been developed and piloted, and then translated from English into Greek and Arabic. A postal self-administrative health survey (with follow-up letters) has been implemented in the areas surrounding Sydney Airport (called aircraft noise exposure group ) and in the matched control group. The total sample size was 1,500 with 47% response rate. This thesis has developed a new noise index (named Noise Gap Index, NGI) to describe and assess aircraft noise in such a way that is easily understood by the layperson. Factorial analysis of covariance revealed that Health related quality of life, in term of physical functioning, general health, vitality, and mental health, of community chronically exposed to high aircraft noise level were worse than the matched control area . Binary logistic regression analysis found that Subjects (aged 15 87) who have been chronically exposed to high aircraft noise level have the odds of 2.61 of having chronic noise stress. In addition person who have chronic ...

This research examines 'the new class', a social group posited to have emerged in South Korea that seeks to transform social relations from authoritarian to democratic in various social organizations. The new class is defined, following Wright's classification, as specialists within the new middle class. This study tests the hypothesis that the new class more than any other class supports democracy in social relations. The author proposes that such support has two sources -workplace antagonism between specialists and those in managerial supervisory positions, and the relatively high self-direction of the class. Using data from the World Values Survey, analyses show that groups within the new class vary in support of specific aspects of democratic social relations in particular contexts. Results also show that the petite bourgeoisie is a significant actor in these micro-politics, and that among various dimensions of democracy in social relations, age affects only feminist attitudes.

È possibile rinunciare alla pena come inflizione di una sofferenza? Ed è possibile garantire la tenuta dell'ordine in una democrazia senza un costante richiamo alla "forza di legge"? In un percorso che lega la penalità alla forza necessaria alla preservazione dell'or- dine e che tocca tanto l'aspetto simbolico-sacrificale della pena quanto la sua rile- vanza nell'attività di ordinamento della società, s'intende discutere delle condizioni di praticabilità di una giustizia che rinunci alla forza del castigo come elemento imprescindibile per istituire la società. Is it possible to give up punishment as infliction of suffering? And is it possible to guarantee the maintenance of order in a democracy without constant reference to the "force of law"? In a path that links the penalty to the force necessary to preserve order and that touches as much on the symbolic-sacrificial aspect of punishment as on its relevance in the activity of social ordering, this paper will discuss the coercive nature of punishment and its function in maintaining order. The aim is to outline some conditions in order to think about justice beyond the force of punishment as an essential element for establishing society. Parole chiave / Keywords: pena, vendetta, forza, ordinamento, giustizia / punishment, vengeance, force, ordering, justice.