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Fuller, Steve (2009) Knowledge politics and new converging technologies: a social epistemological perspective. Innovation, Vol.22 (No.1). pp. 7-34. doi:10.1080/13511610902770552 ISSN 1351-1610.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13511610902770552
Abstract
The “new converging technologies” refers to the prospect of advancing the human condition by the integrated study and application of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and the cognitive sciences - or “NBIC”. In recent years, it has loomed large, albeit with somewhat different emphases, in national science policy agendas throughout the world. This article considers the political and intellectual sources - both historical and contemporary - of the converging technologies agenda. Underlying it is a fluid conception of humanity that is captured by the ethically challenging notion of “enhancing evolution”.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Knowledge, Sociology of, Biotechnology -- Social aspects, Nanotechnology -- Social aspects, Information technology -- Social aspects, Cognitive science -- Social aspects | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Innovation | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 1351-1610 | ||||
Official Date: | March 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.22 | ||||
Number: | No.1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 7-34 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/13511610902770552 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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