The Biopolitics of Postmodern Bodies: Constitutions of Self in Immune System Discourse
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The Biopolitics of The Biopolitics of Postmodern Bodies: Postmodern Bodies:
Constitutions of Self in Constitutions of Self in Immune System DiscourseImmune System Discourse
ByByDonna J. HarawayDonna J. Haraway
From From Simians, Cyborgs and WomenPresentation by Susan RussellPresentation by Susan Russell
Aims of the ClassAims of the Class
To unveil the economic, political, and social power To unveil the economic, political, and social power systems represented in the immune system, systems represented in the immune system, To articulate how these constructs have developed in To articulate how these constructs have developed in society, especially in our ongoing class discussion of the society, especially in our ongoing class discussion of the cyborg,cyborg,To articulate the constructed boundaries between self To articulate the constructed boundaries between self and Other that science has mapped within the realm of and Other that science has mapped within the realm of normal and pathological using the immume system as its normal and pathological using the immume system as its marker,marker,And To discuss how this mapping has affected the And To discuss how this mapping has affected the overarching representation of the individualized human overarching representation of the individualized human being.being.
Key Terms and ConceptsKey Terms and Concepts
SignSign
Signifier/SignifiedSignifier/Signified
LanguageLanguage
PowerPower
Not-selfNot-self
PostmodernPostmodern
CyborgCyborg
DifferenceDifference
Generated SystemsGenerated Systems
The Immune SystemThe Immune System
The Network TheoryThe Network Theory
T cells T cells
B cellsB cells
Mononuclear phagocyte Mononuclear phagocyte systemsystem
Human Genome projectHuman Genome project
Immunological SymphonyImmunological Symphony
PathologyPathology
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