Sky E Gross
Biographic Data
| ID | 6676676 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sky E Gross |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sky E |
| FAMILY NAME | Gross |
| SIGNATURE | GROSS S E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘The alien baby’
The author uses the narrative of a mother, whose baby's Down Syndrome diagnosis was only ascertained days after his birth, to shed light upon the epistemological and social foundations of risk-medicine. This is a practice which, by seeking prediction through the working of probabilities, brings to the fore principles of uncertainty, indeterminacy, and ambiguity. The paper further portrays the salience of practices of indignation and blame, as dis…
On knowing and believing
This paper presents the concept of ‘risk-medicine’ through the analysis of the rejection of prenatal screening among ultra Orthodox Jews in Israel. The foundations of this phenomenon are examined, defining ‘risk’ as a major socio-cultural feature of late modern Western society. The authors describe eight possible components of resistance to biomedicine, some being specifically applicable to risk-medicine: cultural discrepancy, lack of information…
Realizing ‘Eu-Topia’
The paper seeks to provide an insider's view into the implementation of goals set by the European Commission for socio-economic research. By analysing project coordinators’ responses to questionnaires (n=88), several aspects of the emergence of a European social science research community are examined. Focus is placed on three ‘European Added Values’, defined within two subsequent calls for research proposals and funding opportunities: framework …
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Realizing ‘Eu-Topia’
The paper seeks to provide an insider's view into the implementation of goals set by the European Commission for socio-economic research. By analysing project coordinators’ responses to questionnaires (n=88), several aspects of the emergence of a European social science research community are examined. Focus is placed on three ‘European Added Values’, defined within two subsequent calls for research proposals and funding opportunities: framework …
On knowing and believing
This paper presents the concept of ‘risk-medicine’ through the analysis of the rejection of prenatal screening among ultra Orthodox Jews in Israel. The foundations of this phenomenon are examined, defining ‘risk’ as a major socio-cultural feature of late modern Western society. The authors describe eight possible components of resistance to biomedicine, some being specifically applicable to risk-medicine: cultural discrepancy, lack of information…
‘The alien baby’
The author uses the narrative of a mother, whose baby's Down Syndrome diagnosis was only ascertained days after his birth, to shed light upon the epistemological and social foundations of risk-medicine. This is a practice which, by seeking prediction through the working of probabilities, brings to the fore principles of uncertainty, indeterminacy, and ambiguity. The paper further portrays the salience of practices of indignation and blame, as dis…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Ambiguity (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work)