AIDS, Rhetoric, and Medical Knowledge - Hardcover

Preda, Alex

 
9780521837705: AIDS, Rhetoric, and Medical Knowledge
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521837707 ISBN 13: 9780521837705
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Examining the formation of scientific knowledge about the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, Alex Preda highlights the metaphors, narratives, and classifications which framed scientific hypotheses about the nature of the infectious agent and its transmission. Preda compares these arguments with those used in the scientific analysis of SARS. He demonstrates how scientific knowledge about epidemics is shaped by cultural narratives and categories of social thought through a detailed review of biomedical publications.

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About the Author

Dr Alex Preda is Professor of Sociology at the University of Konstanz. He has taught at the universities of Bielefeld and Konstanz, Germany. He is co-editor of The Sociology of Financial Markets. This is his first book.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521837707
ISBN 13 
9780521837705
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
290