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This book is an examination of how the law understands human identity and the whole notion of ‘human being’. On these two notions the law, usually unconscio

As persons, we are importantly different from all other creatures in the universe. But in what, exactly, does this difference consist? What kinds of entities ar

This book explores the social practice of holding each other in our identities, beginning with pregnancy and on through the life span. Lindemann argues that our

How do we sustain agency and identity amidst the frailty of advanced old age? What role does care play in this process? Pushing forward new sociological theory,

By showing us the human brain at work, PET (positron emission tomography) scans are subtly--and sometimes not so subtly--transforming how we think about our min