Genetic Subjectivity in Situ
A Rhetorical Reading of Genetic Determinism and Genetic Opportunity in the Biosocial Community of Force
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12465148 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kelly Pender (0000-0002-4035-3383, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 319-349 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rhetoric and Public Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-8392 • E-ISSN: 1534-5238 |
| Publisher | Michigan State University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/41940575 |
| OpenAlex | W1514150402 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
In The Politics of Life Itself, Nikolas Rose argues that contemporary genetic medicine has given rise to the "genetically at-risk subject," which is distinguished from other forms of genetic selfhood by the shift from a paradigm of genetic determinism to one of genetic opportunity. This article analyzes the discourse of the genetically at-risk subject in one particular biosocial community (the "previvors" of FORCE) to demonstrate that despite—and in many cases because of—the shift to a paradigm of genetic opportunity, discourses of genetic determinism have not disappeared but instead have mutated in response to new exigences for new audiences. Based on both this analysis and other rhetorical readings of genetic discourse, this article argues that to distinguish among the many types of subjectivity at work within the contemporary era of genetic medicine, we have to understand not only how scientific and biopolitical changes have made those subjectivities possible, but also how the ethical practices associated with specific diseases work rhetorically in communities of those at genetic risk
Biosocial theory · Determinism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Rhetorical device · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Subject (documents · Subjectivity · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Race, Genetics, and Society · Science Education and Perceptions · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2019 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |