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Foucault and the Human Subject of Science

✍ Scribed by Garðar Árnason

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2018
Tongue
English
Leaves
117
Series
SpringerBriefs in Ethics
Edition
1st ed.
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

​This book offers a clear analysis of Foucault’s work on scientific knowledge and its relationship to individuals and society. It suggests a way of using Foucault’s tools for science criticism and resistance, while avoiding the pitfalls of vulgar relativism or irrational anti-science views. Two cases of scientific conflict are considered. The first considers left-handers as subjects of science, in particular studies which purport to show that left-handers die on average younger than right-handers. The second case considers Icelanders as subjects of science in the context of a partly failed attempt to construct a genetic database encompassing the entire nation.The book will be of interest to bioethicists and philosophers who are concerned with the interaction between science and its human subjects, as well as scholars concerned with Foucault’s work on science.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
Introduction (Garðar Árnason)....Pages 1-6
Foucault’s Archaeology of Knowledge (Garðar Árnason)....Pages 7-30
Power, Knowledge, and the Politics of Truth (Garðar Árnason)....Pages 31-58
Left-Handers as Subjects of Science (Garðar Árnason)....Pages 59-82
Icelanders as Subjects of Science (Garðar Árnason)....Pages 83-104
Conclusion (Garðar Árnason)....Pages 105-107

✦ Subjects

Philosophy; Philosophy of Science; Science and Technology Studies

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