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035			_a(OCoLC)958865377
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
100	1		_aMiller, Ruth Austin, _d1975- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aFlourishing Thought : _bDemocracy in an Age of Data Hoards / _cRuth A. Miller.
264		1	_aAnn Arbor : _bUniversity of Michigan Press, _c[2016]
264		3	_aBaltimore, Md. : _bProject MUSE, _c2017
264		4	_c©[2016]
300			_a1 online resource (248 pages).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_a1. Introduction; 2. Boundless Thought; 3. Embryos; 4. Clones; 5. Trash; 6. Data Hoards; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_a"Challenging the posthumanist canon which celebrates the pre-eminence of matter, Ruth Miller, inFlourishingThoughtargues that what nonhuman systems contribute to democracy is thought. Drawing on recent feminist theories of nonhuman life and politics, Miller shows that reproduction and flourishing are not antithetical to contemplation and sensitivity. After demonstrating processes of life and processes of thought are indistinguishable, Miller finds that four menacing accumulations of matter and information--global surveillance, stored embryos, human clones, and reproductive trash--are politically productive rather than threats to democratic politics. As a consequence, she questions the usefulness of individual rights such as privacy and dignity, contests the value of the rational metaphysics underlying human-centered political participation, and re-evaluates the gender relations that derive from this type of participation. Ultimately, in place of these human-centered structures, Miller posits a more meditative mode of democratic engagement. Miller's argument has shattering implications for the debates over the proper use and disposal of embryonic tissue, alarms about data gathering by the state and corporations, and other major ethical, social, and security issues"-- _cProvided by publisher
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		7	_aFeminist theory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00922816
650		7	_aDemocracy _xSocial aspects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00890110
650		7	_aDemocracy _xPhilosophy. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00890092
650		7	_aDemocracy _xMoral and ethical aspects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00890091
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE _xGender Studies. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE _xHistory & Theory. _2bisacsh
650		6	_aTheorie feministe.
650		0	_aFeminist theory.
650		0	_aDemocracy _xMoral and ethical aspects.
650		0	_aDemocracy _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aDemocracy _xPhilosophy.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/48083/
945			_aProject MUSE - 2017 Complete
945			_aProject MUSE - 2017 Political Science and Policy Studies
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