The Human Bios in the Social System. the Sociological Relevance of the Organic Body. Part II
Language: English
Social processes of healthism and medicalisation revolve more and more around tracking and managing the human bios. Supported by technology, both medicine and the natural sciences are contributing to deeply changing our knowledge of the organic body, and how it impacts on our social body.
In this session, we welcome both theoretical and empirical presentations that contribute to understanding the new relations between the human organic body and changes in technology, health and the social system.
We invite papers on the following topics (among others): How do we define today the anthropos and the human bios, and how are they related to the social world? How do we make sense of the social practices of exchange and manipulation of the human bios? What new forms of vulnerability are emerging from this scenario? How does sociology account for the gender dimensions of biomarkets and biovulnerabilities? How are traditional categories (i.e. sex vs. gender, youth vs. old age, health vs. illness) redefined by the sociological relevance of the organic body?