Politics in Biology
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چکیده
The relationship between biology and politics is manifold, ranging from politics within biology and implications of politics for biological research to intrinsic political dimensions of biological insights. Politics within biology plays out in the everyday practice of academic and applied science and has recently reached a new dimension in the context of priority and patent disputes, whereas political interventions in form of regulatory and funding policies have become major factors in shaping biological research. Here we focus on how the results of biology, and specifically modern evolutionary biology and its conceptual extensions, have shaped discussions in economics, medicine and public health and anthropology. We argue that these recent developments in the life sciences have enormous conceptual and practical implications for human society and politics as they contribute to a substantial reevaluation of some deeply entrenched conceptions about human nature and the foundations of society.
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