Genetic Enhancement Part I: The New Technology of Body and Mind

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dc.contributor.authorLeiss, William
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-25T22:29:52Z
dc.date.available2015-11-25T22:29:52Z
dc.date.copyright2005en_US
dc.date.issued2005-01-25
dc.description.abstractWilliam Leiss F.R.S.C is Canada’s leading thinker on risk and responsibility in the age of biotechnology. He is the author of numerous influential books, including: Under Technology’s Thumb, The Domination of Nature, In the Chamber of Risks, Risk and Responsibility and Mad Cow and Mother’s Milk. A “public intellectual” in the tradition of Thorsten Veblen, Marshall McLuhan and Northrop Frye, Dr. Leiss has projected his critique of technological determinism into public life, serving as President of the Royal Society of Canada and advising widely on the social and ethical implications of risk controversies and public policy. William Leiss is a Fellow and Past-President of the Royal Society of Canada; NSERC/SSHRC Research Chair in Risk Communication and Public Policy in the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary; Professor, memeritus School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University; and Executive-in-Residence, Mclaughlin Centre for Risk Assesment, University of Ottawa. His most recent book is The Herasaga: A Work of Utopian Fiction.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusUnrevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipArthur Kroker, Canada Research Chair in Technology, Culture and Theoryen_US
dc.identifier.citationLeiss, William. "Genetic Enhancement Part I: The New Technology of Body and Mind." Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture, Victoria, B.C. 25 January 2005. Presentation.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://pactac.net/2005/01/genetic-enhancement-the-new-tech-of-body-and-mind/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/6856
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPacific Centre for Technology and Cultureen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBiotechnology Religion & the Bodyen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectgenetic enhancementen_US
dc.subjecttechnology of the bodyen_US
dc.subjectmicrobiologyen_US
dc.subjectbiotechnologyen_US
dc.subjectrisk and responsibilityen_US
dc.subjecttechnological determinismen_US
dc.subjectDNAen_US
dc.titleGenetic Enhancement Part I: The New Technology of Body and Minden_US
dc.typeVideoen_US

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