Genomes and What to Make of Them

Introduction
 
1          By Way of Background
            Inherited Traits
            Inherited Molecules
            Practices and Techniques
 
2          Genes, Genomes, and Molecular Genetics
            Genes and DNA
            DNA
            Genetic Knowledges and Their Distribution
 
3          Genomes
            What Are Genomes?
            The Strange Case of the Epigenome
            New Similarities and New Differences
            Reducing Complexity
 
4          Genomics and Evolution
            Classification
            Evolution
            Metagenomics
                        .
5          Genomics and Problems of Explanation
            Astrological Genetics and Explanatory Genetics
            Heritability           
            Astrological Genomics
            Beyond Astrology
 
6          Genomics as Power
            Accumulating Powers
            Genomics and Social Powers
            Resisting Genomic Powers
            Arguments and Institutions
 
7          Natural Order and Human Dignity
            The Order of Things
            Dignity
            Human Genomes and the Order of Things
            Human Genomes and the Dignity of Human Life
            Arguments and Institutions Again
                       
8          Conclusions
            Genomics as Power Again
            Accounting for Exceptionalism
            Life without Essences: Reduction as Emancipation
                       
 
Bibliography
Index