Abstract

PELLEGRINI, Pablo A.. Risk and Context: An Analysis About the Technological Risk Discourse Within Social Movements. Cienc. docencia tecnol. [online]. 2007, n.35, pp.51-88. ISSN 1851-1716.

Technological risk notion is frequently used to question impacts that new technologies -in particular, modern biotechnology- would have on environment, human health and socio-economic dynamics. This paper's purpose is to analyze social movements attitude against these technologies from their speech on technological risk. With such aim we analyze the differents arguments employed by them, introducing the problem from the perspective of "risk society" as well. Finally, we suggest an interpretation on the representation of technology included in risk discourse, accenting its polisemic and fetichist character.

Keywords : Technological risk; Social movements; Transgenics; Risk society; Biotechnology.

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