The Democratic, Anti-Racist Genome? Technoscience at the Limits of Liberalism

Science as Culture

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-47

  Reardon, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

democracy; freedom; Genomics; liberalism; power; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858256157     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505431.2011.565322     Document Type: Article

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