This is the first book to critically evaluate the empirical evidence and the theoretical usefulness of the concept of "genetic discrimination." It discusses the advantages and limitations of adopting the concept, and offers a more complex account distinguishing between several dimensions and forms of genetic discrimination.

Introduction 1. Disease as Error? Foundations and Limits of Molecular Medicine 2. Genetic Discrimination: Empirical Evidence and Regulatory Responses 3. Empirical Deficits and Normative Contradictions: Problems in the Analysis of Genetic Discrimination 4. "A Slap in the Face": An Exploratory Study of Genetic Discrimination in Germany 5. The Regime of Truth and Dimensions of Genetic Responsibility 6. Conclusion: Pitfalls of Criticism

Thomas Lemke is Heisenberg Professor of Sociology with focus on Biotechnologies, Nature and Society at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main in Germany. His research interests include social and political theory, biopolitics, social studies of genetic and reproductive technologies.