{"title":"Margaret M. Lock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargaret M. Lock\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intricate relationship between culture, biology, and health in her thought-provoking works. Her writing deftly bridges \u003cem\u003eanthropology\u003c\/em\u003e and the philosophy of science, inviting readers to rethink how medical knowledge shapes our understanding of the human body and mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough essays and studies such as \u003cem\u003eAn Anthropology of Biomedicine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCan Science Resolve the Nature \/ Nurture Debate?\u003c\/em\u003e, Lock challenges conventional perspectives on health, illness, and identity, making her books essential for anyone intrigued by the intersections of \u003cem\u003ehealth and wellness\u003c\/em\u003e with \u003cem\u003ephilosophy and psychology\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"can-science-resolve-the-nature-nurture-debate-by-margaret-m-lock-9780745689975","title":"Can Science Resolve the Nature \/ Nurture Debate?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing centuries of debate about \u003cem\u003enature and nurture\u003c\/em\u003e, the discovery of DNA established the idea that nature (genes) determines who we are, relegating nurture (environment) to icing on the cake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince the 1950s, the new science of epigenetics has demonstrated how cellular environments and certain experiences and behaviours influence gene expression at the molecular level, with significant implications for health and wellbeing. To the amazement of scientists, mapping the human genome indirectly supported these insights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnthropologists Margaret Lock and Gisli Palsson outline vituperative arguments from Classical times about the relationship between nature and nurture, furthered today by epigenetic findings and the demonstration of a \"reactive genome.\" The nature\/nurture debate, they show, can never be put to rest, because these concepts are in constant flux in response to the new insights science continually offers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000561877228,"sku":"9780745689975","price":23.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13256883482453.jpg?v=1763285111"},{"product_id":"an-anthropology-of-biomedicine-by-margaret-m-lock-9781119069133","title":"An Anthropology of Biomedicine","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this fully revised and updated second edition of \u003ci\u003eAn Anthropology of Biomedicine\u003c\/i\u003e, authors Lock and Nguyen introduce biomedicine from an anthropological perspective, exploring the entanglement of material bodies with history, environment, culture, and politics. Drawing on historical and ethnographic work, the book critiques the assumption made by the biological sciences of a universal human body that can be uniformly standardized. It focuses on the ways in which the application of biomedical technologies brings about radical changes to societies at large based on socioeconomic inequalities and ethical disputes, and develops and integrates the theory that the human body in health and illness is not an ontological given but a moveable, malleable entity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis second edition includes new chapters on microbiology and the microbiome, global health, and the self as a socio-technical system. In addition, all chapters have been comprehensively revised to take account of developments within this fast-paced field in the intervening years between publications. References and figures have also been updated throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis highly-regarded and award-winning textbook (\u003ci\u003eWinner of the 2010 Prose Award for Archaeology and Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e) retains the character and features of the previous edition. Its coverage remains broad, including discussion of biomedical technologies in practice, anthropologies of medicine, biology and human experiments, infertility and assisted reproduction, genomics, epigenomics, and uncertain futures, and molecularizing racial difference, ensuring it remains \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e essential text for students of anthropology, medical anthropology as well as public and global health.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595670831340,"sku":"9781119069133","price":218.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781119069133-an-anthropology-of-biomedicine.jpg?v=1777900453"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/margaret-m-lock.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}