The Order of People

Contesting Bio-Scientific Human Classifications

348 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Bioscientific concepts of human diversity and politics of inequality have long been intertwined in efforts to order and classify people. The contributors to this volume critically examine the particular ways in which these concepts are constituted and applied across various national contexts and within different life science disciplines, including genetics, medicine, forensics, anthropology, epidemiology, and microbiome research. By highlighting cases outside the dominant research focus on the United States, the authors unpack the epistemological foundations, inherent ambiguities, and political dimensions underlying key classifications—such as race, ethnicity, ancestry, and migration background.

• Reihe: Science Studies
• ISBN: 9783837672374
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 08.12.2025
• Genre: Medizin/Allgemeines
• Verlag: transcript
• Redaktion: Elise Burton
• Redaktion: Nils Ellebrecht, Tino Plümecke, Isabelle Bartram, Veronika Lipphardt, Jenny Reardon, Andrea zur Nieden, Katharina Schramm, Sandra Widmer, Ramya Rajagopalan, Michael Guggenheim, Simon Cole, Sibille Merz, Marion Müller, Joan Fujimura, Matthias Wienroth, Andrew Smart, Henri-Michel Yéré, Inga Diederich, Aaron Panofsky, Catherine Bliss, Mathias Bös, Susanne Bauer