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Biology can inform public policy in a number of ways. This volume explores the linkage of the life sciences with policy (what the book refers to as biopolicy). It features two points of departure: the implications of the neurosciences for public policy; and the implications of evolutionary theory for policy-making. The first part of the book provides an introduction to the subject of biopolicy as well as the relevance of the brain sciences and evolutionary theory for this subject. The second part considers several case studies of how these points of departure inform our knowledge of policy. Among case studies provided here are the implications for distribution of wealth, the roots of foreign policy, violent behavior, policy decision-making, and the like. In the final analysis, this book provides examples of how the life sciences can inform public policy choices. Research in Biopolitics is the only book series that focuses specifically on the relationship between biology and politics, and provides contemporary research for practitioners, including anthropologists, sociologists, economists, biopolitical researchers, as well as students of law and political science.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Toward Biodeconstruction -- The Biological Genesis of Arche-writing -- The Arche-Writing of the History of Life -- II. Between Life and Death: Différance -- The Deconstruction of Life Between Hegel and Jacob -- Hegel: The Absolute Seed -- III. The Absolute Programme -- The Essence of Life: Between Philosophy and Science -- Essence: Producibility and Reproducibility of the Living -- The Essence and the Supplement: Sex and Death -- IV. The Text and the Living -- The Model and the Living -- V. Between Life and Death: The Bond -- Beyond the Pleasure Principle: Différance -- Différance and Stricture: The Bond -- Beyond the Death Drive the Drive of the Proper -- From the Law of the Proper to the Drive for Power and Beyond -- VI. Beyond Life and Death: Autoimmunity -- From Apoptosis to Autoimmunity -- VII. Living On: The Arche-performative -- The Double Yes: From the Linguistic to the Arche-performative -- Living On: The Arche-performative -- Traces of Life in the Text -- Living Ouverture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

In wissensorientierten Gesellschaften entsteht ein großer Bedarf an Hochqualifizierten besonders in den naturwissenschaftlichen Fächern. Es stellt sich die Frage, ob die erforderlichen Kompetenzen künftig ausreichend verfügbar sind. Um dies besser einschätzen zu können, ist es von zentraler Bedeutung, die Einflussfaktoren der Karrierepfade junger Wissenschaftler besser zu verstehen. Diese Fragen werden auf der Basis zahlreicher Interviews und einer umfassenden Befragung von Wissenschaftlern untersucht. Das Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI analysiert Entstehung und Auswirkungen von Innovationen. Wir erforschen die kurz- und langfristigen Entwicklungen von Innovationsprozessen und die gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen neuer Technologien und Dienstleistungen. Auf dieser Grundlage stellen wir unseren Auftraggebern aus Wirtschaft, Politik und Wissenschaft Handlungsempfehlungen und Perspektiven für wichtige Entscheidungen zur Verfügung. Unsere Expertise liegt in der breiten wissenschaftlichen Kompetenz sowie einem interdisziplinären und systemischen Forschungsansatz.

Describes the current state of genetic and biological research, and views it as the "growth industry" among the life sciences; argues that Germany lags behind the US, primarily due to an initial reluctance to participate in research of such ethical complexity, but is now positioned, along with Switzerland, France, and Great Britain, to become a leader in the field.