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  • “Death is a disease”: Cryopreservation, neoliberalism, and temporal commodification in the U.S.

    Author(s):
    Taylor R. Genovese (see profile)
    Date:
    2018
    Group(s):
    Cultural Studies, Political Philosophy & Theory, Religious Studies, Science and Technology Studies (STS), Science Studies and the History of Science
    Subject(s):
    Science--Study and teaching, Technology--Study and teaching, Death, Political science, Anthropology
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Science and technology studies (STS), Political theory, Culture and bodies
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/bhmx-qc10
    Abstract:
    In this article, I will be focusing specifically on cryopreservation and two of the American biotechnomedical tenets introduced by Robbie Davis-Floyd and Gloria St. John in their technocratic model of medicine: the “body as machine” and “death as defeat.” These axioms are embraced by both the biotechnomedical establishment as well as the cryopreservation communities when they discuss the future of humankind. In particular, I will be focusing on the political economy of cryopreservation as an embodiment of American neoliberalism—as well as a Durkheimian death ritual—in the twenty-first century. Finally, I will theorize on a future populated by human beings from “the past” and the implications and consequences that may be caused by con- temporary humans experiencing a temporal shift from traveling in deep time vis-à-vis cryopreservation.
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    Published as:
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.1016/j.techsoc.2018.03.002
    Publisher:
    Elsevier BV
    Pub. Date:
    2018-3-20
    Journal:
    Technology in Society
    Volume:
    54
    Page Range:
    52 - 56
    ISSN:
    0160-791X
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    4 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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