A social constructed human beeing : a (bio)technological approach

As a social construction, (bio)technology1 should not be studied out of the social field. From a Social Imaginaries approach, (bio)technology can be considered as a contemporary social magma formed by biological, technical, psychological, sociological and axiological factors. Orbiting around the the...

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Autores: Randazzo, Francesca, Coca, Juan R., Valero Matas, Jesús A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:73347
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/73347
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/athenead/v11n2.689
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cyborg
Social Imaginaries
(Bio)technology
Imaginarios sociales
(Bio)tecnología
Imaginaris socials
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Sumario:As a social construction, (bio)technology1 should not be studied out of the social field. From a Social Imaginaries approach, (bio)technology can be considered as a contemporary social magma formed by biological, technical, psychological, sociological and axiological factors. Orbiting around the the cyborg metaphor, in this article we intend to build a multidisciplinary approach of this polycontexture.