Journal article
Gene discourses: Politics, culture, law, and futures
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol.52(2-3), pp.161-183
1996
Abstract
In this article, we locate the future of genetic science in a variety of discourses, ranging from those that perceive science as part of the linear march of progress to those that see science as fundamentally violent with regard to its relationship to nature, gender, knowledge, and culture. We articulate how current and future law might deal with potential developments in gene therapy, arguing that for some current law can adequately deal with the genetic revolution, whereas for others law must become more ethically and participant grounded. We describe likely sociopolitical scenarios, from gene acceptance to violent attacks on genetic doctors. We conclude with more speculative scenarios - among them, one in which humans will be remembered less for themselves and more for the new species that will emerge from them.
Details
- Title
- Gene discourses: Politics, culture, law, and futures
- Authors
- Sohail Inayatullah (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyJ Fitzgerald (Author) - Queensland Advocacy Incorporated
- Publication details
- Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol.52(2-3), pp.161-183
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc.
- Date published
- 1996
- DOI
- 10.1016/0040-1625(96)00031-5
- ISSN
- 0040-1625
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448987202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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