Beschreibung:
A science studies text that reveals the legal and political origins of the concept of immunity
Acknowledgments ixOpening Up a Few Concepts: Introductory Ruminations 11. Living Before and Beyond the Law, or A Reasonable Organism Defends Itself 322. A Body Worth Having, or A System of Natural Governance 683. A Policy called Milieu, or The Human Organism's Vital Space 1304. Incorporating Immunity, or The Defensive Poetics of Modern Medicine 206Conclusion: Immune Communities, Common Immunities 269Notes 283Bibliography 323Index 359