The Order of People: Contesting Bio-Scientific Human Classifications (Science Studies)
by Jenny Reardon, Nils Ellebrecht, Tino Plümecke, Isabelle Bartram, Veronika Lipphardt, Andrea Zur Nieden
The Order of People examines bio-scientific human classifications and the ways they are constructed, applied, and contested. Bringing together perspectives from science studies, this scholarly work considers how systems of ordering people shape understandings of human difference and knowledge.
About This Book
The Order of People explores the classification of human beings through the lens of bio-scientific knowledge.
Its focus is on how systems for ordering people emerge and become subjects of contestation.
Drawing on science studies, the volume brings together contributions from Jenny Reardon, Nils Ellebrecht, Tino Plümecke, Isabelle Bartram, Veronika Lipphardt, and Andrea Zur Nieden.
The book offers a scholarly perspective on the relationship between scientific classification and the organization of human difference.
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