"Bamford dares to venture into new terrains. In considering the way in which the social and natural sciences co-figure one another, she lays firm ground for investigating some of the implications of the way Euro-Americans model the world through their biological understandings of life. Biology Unmoored is a huge leap forward."--Marilyn Strathern, author of "Kinship, Law, and the Unexpected: Relatives Are Always a Surprise" "A startling and riveting work. Bamford's analysis raises our awareness of the implicit assumptions ...
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"Bamford dares to venture into new terrains. In considering the way in which the social and natural sciences co-figure one another, she lays firm ground for investigating some of the implications of the way Euro-Americans model the world through their biological understandings of life. Biology Unmoored is a huge leap forward."--Marilyn Strathern, author of "Kinship, Law, and the Unexpected: Relatives Are Always a Surprise" "A startling and riveting work. Bamford's analysis raises our awareness of the implicit assumptions about biological relatedness that have underpinned much of the theory in the social sciences: in kinship studies, in studies of human-environmental relations, and in natural science assumptions about the boundaries between species."--Shirley Lindenbaum, coeditor of "Knowledge, Power, and Practice: The Anthropology of Medicine and Everyday Life"
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.