ON METAPHOR: Reciprocity and Immunity
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Author(s)
Fischer, Michael M. J.
Date Issued
February 2012
Journal
Cultural Anthropology
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Wiley Blackwell
Citation
FISCHER, MICHAEL M. J. “ON METAPHOR: Reciprocity and Immunity.” Cultural Anthropology 27, no. 1 (February 2012): 144–152. © 2012 The American Anthropological Association.
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Abstract
My reading of David Napier's article foregrounds or highlights (1) a key scientific “discovery” or observation; (2) the history of shifting high level metaphors as key new biological mechanisms are apprehended; (3) three key contemporary problems in immunological biology identified by Napier (transplantation, tumor immunology, autoimmune diseases); and (4) the ways in which popular culture takes up new scientific terminologies as folk “philosophemes” or cultural components for apprehending sociocultural change.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society
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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1360.2012.01132.x
