Part I. Divided origins. Introduction: Divided origins -- Relatives are always a surprise: biotechnololgy in an age of individualism -- Embedded science -- Emergent properties -- Part II. The arithmetic of ownership. Introduction: The arithmetic of ownership -- The patent and the Malanggan -- Losing (out on) intellectual resources -- Divided origins and the arithmetic of ownership
Summary
Examines Euro-American kinship as the kinship of a specifically knowledge-based society
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-215) and indexes
