Capitalism « Genetics and Literature

Freedom is Unfreedom: How to avoid headaches when conceptual boundaries dissolve

• March 28, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Collaboration in Humanities
Tags: analogy, biology, Capitalism, Charles Dickens, Dickens, disease, epidemics, freedom, linguistics, Little Dorrit, money, Reginia Gagnier, unfreedom

The Commodification of the Genetic Code

• February 18, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Ethics of science, Genetic engineering, Medicine and literature, Oryx and Crake, Posthuman
Tags: Capitalism, child pornography, commodification, DNA, ethics, Feudalism, Genes, genetics, Marxism, NOVA, Oryx and Crake, Ownership, prostitution, The Human Genome Project