Leben machen: Die Zoëpolitik der synthetischen Biologie

Martin Müller

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2023

Leben machen

Die Zoëpolitik der synthetischen Biologie

Making Life: The Zoëpolitics of Synthetic Biology

Martin Müller

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111004105

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About this book

Synthetic biology is developing new hybrid forms of life for industrial applications, attempting to "resurrect" long-extinct species to preserve collapsing ecosystems, and intervening directly in the human germline with CRISPR.
Martin Müller combines approaches from cultural history and theory with those from media studies and design theory as well as the history of knowledge to develop a critique of Promethean biology. In his Genealogy of Zoëpolitics, he formulates a new theory of the "vivification of power" that has occurred around 1800. He shows how the "will to make life" intensified during the molecular revolution in the 20th century and is now escalating with the emergence of synthetic biology. Nature, from atom to atmosphere, has become a field of intervention for rigorous engineering and design.

First historical-critical monograph about synthetic biology and CRISPR
New theory of power and life

Author / Editor information

Martin Müller researches and teaches at the Cluster of Excellence "Matters of Activity. Image Space Material" and at the Department of Cultural History and Theory at Humboldt-Universität, Berlin　

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Inhalt Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Einleitung Der Wille zum Design Open Access Download PDF	7
1 Verstehen durch Herstellen? Epistemologie und Technologien der synthetischen Biologie Open Access Download PDF	24
2 Genealogie und Kritik der synthetischen Biologie Open Access Download PDF	59
3 Die Entstehung der Zoëpolitik Open Access Download PDF	85
4 Die molekularepistemische Eskalation der Zoëpolitik Open Access Download PDF	115
Interludium Kittlers Spekulationen und die Grenze des Wachstums Open Access Download PDF	153
5 Die ingenieurtechnische Eskalation der Zoëpolitik Open Access Download PDF	158
Postskriptum Zur Möglichkeit anderer Synthesen Open Access Download PDF	215
Danksagung Open Access Download PDF	226
Literaturverzeichnis Open Access Download PDF	227
Bildnachweise Open Access Download PDF	239

(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: scholars in Humanities, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Design Studies, History of Science, Natural Sciences
Pages
- Main content: 240
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 7
- Coloured Illustrations: 15
- Coloured Tables: 22
Keywords: synthetic biology; genetic code; bioengineering; biopolitics; Humanities; philosophy; Arts and Media; Cultural Studies; Design Studies; History of Science

eBook

Published: October 4, 2023
ISBN: 9783111004105

Paperback

Published: October 4, 2023
ISBN: 9783111003979