Identities

A radical new look at the intersection of science,
psychology, and philosophy from one of the world's
great authorities on identity


Throughout human history, human beings have defined themselves by thousands of criteria, from who our parents are to how we look to how we feel and what we want to become. With the rise of biotechnology and the proliferation of genetics, we will soon have a new, more concrete set of data on which to base our identities. Race, ethnicity, ancestry--all these will be complicated--or replaced--by reams of hard data that will be available to health insurers, pharmaceutical companies, and private citizens. With Identities, esteemed professor Ian Hacking opens the door to the era of biogenetics, revealing the radical implications of the new gene science.