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Auteur(s) : Harden, Kathryn Paige
Titre(s) : The genetic lottery [Texte imprimé] : why DNA matters for social equality / Kathryn Paige Harden
Publication : Princeton (N.J.) : Princeton University press, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-300 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. p. 261-294. Index
"A provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more
just and equal society. In recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have
shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health-and in ways
that matter for educational and economic success in our current society. In The Genetic
Lottery, Harden introduces readers to the latest genetic science, dismantling dangerous
ideas about racial superiority and challenging us to grapple with what equality really
means in a world where people are born different. Weaving together personal stories
with scientific evidence, Harden shows why our refusal to recognize the power of DNA
perpetuates the myth of meritocracy, and argues that we must acknowledge the role
of genetic luck if we are ever to create a fair society.Reclaiming genetic science
from the legacy of eugenics, this groundbreaking book offers a bold new vision of
society where everyone thrives, regardless of how one fares in the genetic lottery"
Sujet(s) : Génétique humaine -- Société
Génétique humaine -- Politique publique
Inégalité sociale
Hérédité et milieu
Indice(s) Dewey :
304.5 (23e éd.) = Facteurs génétiques (sociologie)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691190808 (rel.). - ISBN 0691190801. - ISBN 9780691226705 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46991835t
Notice n° :
FRBNF46991835
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Part I. Taking genetics seriously. 1. Introduction ; 2. The genetic lottery ; 3.
Cookbooks and college ; 4. Ancestry and race ; 5. A lottery of life chances ; 6.
Random assignment by nature ; 7. The mystery of how ; Part II. Taking equality seriously.
8. Alternative possible worlds ; 9. Using nature to understand nurture ; 10. Personal
responsibility ; 11. Difference without hierarchy ; 12. Anti-eugenic science and
policy.