How Metaphors shape Biotechnology: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven (Health Academy, 4) - Hardcover

 
9783119145121: How Metaphors shape Biotechnology: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven (Health Academy, 4)
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ISBN 10: 3119145122 ISBN 13: 9783119145121
Verlag: De Gruyter, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

This volume presents the proceedings of an interdisciplinary workshop at Braunschweig University of Technology in a collection of English and German articles (English summaries are provided for all German articles). Focusing on biotechnology, experts from biology, biotechnology, ethics, philosophy, theology, education, and social sciences investigated how metaphors shape the language of life science. The authors examined conceptual, absolute, and hidden metaphors (e.g., “genetic scissors,” “genetic code,” “antibodies,” and “life”) in molecular biology and biotechnology. By exploring their roles in describing phenomena, guiding research, and influencing public perceptions, the authors investigate how metaphors generate and transform knowledge, affect views of life and therapy, and inspire innovation. This volume integrates systematic metaphor analysis with ethical, philosophical, and pedagogical perspectives on the significance of metaphors in biotechnology research and dissemination. Special attention was paid to metaphors’ role in public communication, potentially determining acceptance or rejection of biotechnological advances. Ultimately, the workshop underscored how metaphors influence scientific progress in multiple ways and therefore require critical reflection.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr. Stefan Dübel, born in 1960, is full Professor of Biotechnology at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany. He co-pioneered in animal-free antibody selection technologies, including antibody phage display, human naive antibody libraries and antibody libraries with randomized CDRs. His contributions to human antibody engineering, phage display, in vitro evolution resulted in >300 publications and >25 patent applications. He is editor of the four-volume reference "Handbook of Therapeutic Antibodies", the textbook "Rekombinante Antikörper" (2019, Springer VH) and other antibody engineering books. So far, two antibodies generated in his lab reached clinical use for the treatment of cancer and COVID19.

Dr. Stefan Heuser, born in 1971, is Professor of Systematic Theology and Ethics in the Institute for Protestant Theology and Religious Education at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. His current research focuses on the ethics of technology, bioethics, care ethics, social ethics and educational ethics. He recently published the edited volumes „Zusammenwirken von natürlicher und künstlicher Intelligenz: Beurteilen – Messen – Bewerten“ (2025, Springer VS) and „Von der Krise zur Kritik. Theologische Sozialethik und Soziologie im Dialog“ (2024, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt).

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Verlag
De Gruyter
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3119145122
ISBN 13 
9783119145121
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
206
Herausgeber
Dübel Stefan, Heuser Stefan
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