Bio-Art and the Environment: Complexity Within Interconnectedness (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781527570368)

Thanks to the ICT economy, today's world is witnessing a gradual process of transfer and displacement from a society based on the production of man-made material goods to a new society driven by science and knowledge. This new society uses human intelligence to try to solve cultural problems, to sustain activities, to rationalize performances, and to plan, program and develop strategies and projects for the future.

This book therefore proposes a multi-faceted framework through which contemporary art, biology, digital science, geology, technology, physiology, chemistry, and philosophy enter into debate and complement each other. It is structured around a number of logically interconnected questions, such as: â oeWhat is bio-art?⠝, â oeCan a laboratory artist manipulate living beings, perform complex hybridizations, and give birth to chimeras that would coexist with human beings?⠝, â oeDo we have the right to use them?⠝, â oeShould we authorize research that will allow the development of these techniques, prohibit such research, or fund it?⠝, and, â oeDo we have the right to create embryos for transplantation or injection?⠝

Author: Amine Elgheryeni
ISBN-10: 1527570363
ISBN-13: 9781527570368
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language: English
Published: 07/21/2021
Pages: 191
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.91w x 0.71d