Social and Cultural Lives of Immune Systems

Social and Cultural Lives of Immune Systems

Author: James M. Wilce Jr.

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781134389599

Category: Social Science

Page: 329

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This book introduces a provocative new branch of social theory: the hypothesis that immunity and disease are in part socially constituted. It suggests that immune systems function not only as material entities but also as social symbols.