The Biopolitics of The Biopolitics of Postmodern Bodies: Postmodern Bodies:

Constitutions of Self in Constitutions of Self in Immune System DiscourseImmune System Discourse

ByByDonna J. HarawayDonna J. Haraway

From From Simians, Cyborgs and WomenPresentation by Susan RussellPresentation by Susan Russell

Aims of the ClassAims of the Class

To unveil the economic, political, and social power To unveil the economic, political, and social power systems represented in the immune system, systems represented in the immune system, To articulate how these constructs have developed in To articulate how these constructs have developed in society, especially in our ongoing class discussion of the society, especially in our ongoing class discussion of the cyborg,cyborg,To articulate the constructed boundaries between self To articulate the constructed boundaries between self and Other that science has mapped within the realm of and Other that science has mapped within the realm of normal and pathological using the immume system as its normal and pathological using the immume system as its marker,marker,And To discuss how this mapping has affected the And To discuss how this mapping has affected the overarching representation of the individualized human overarching representation of the individualized human being.being.

Key Terms and ConceptsKey Terms and Concepts

SignSign

Signifier/SignifiedSignifier/Signified

LanguageLanguage

PowerPower

Not-selfNot-self

PostmodernPostmodern

CyborgCyborg

DifferenceDifference

Generated SystemsGenerated Systems

The Immune SystemThe Immune System

The Network TheoryThe Network Theory

T cells T cells

B cellsB cells

Mononuclear phagocyte Mononuclear phagocyte systemsystem

Human Genome projectHuman Genome project

Immunological SymphonyImmunological Symphony

PathologyPathology

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