The transplant imaginary : mechanical hearts, animal parts, and moral thinking in highly experimental science

Publication Data

• Title The transplant imaginary : mechanical hearts, animal parts, and moral thinking in highly experimental science
• Author Lesley Alexandra Sharp
• Publisher University of California Press
• Publication date 2014
• Publication location Berkeley, California
• Language English

Contents

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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Moral Neutrality in Experimental Science
1. The Reconfigured Body of the Transplant Imaginary
2. Hybrid Bodies and Animal Science: The Promises of Interspecies Proximity
3. Artificial Life: Perfecting the Mechanical Heart
4. Temporality and Social Desire in Anticipatory Science
Conclusion: The Moral Parameters of Virtuous Science
Notes
References
Index.

Topics

• Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. :: Social aspects :: United States
• Ethnology :: United States
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The transplant imaginary : mechanical hearts, animal parts, and moral thinking in highly experimental science by Lesley Alexandra Sharp. ISBN 9780520277984. Published by University of California Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.