“Suicide: Or the Future of Medicine. (A ‘Satire by Entelechy’ of Biotechnology)”
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2007
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KB Journal: The Journal of the Kenneth Burke Society
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Primarily a commentary on Kenneth Burke’s satire “Waste or the Future of Prosperity” (1930) but a short section, “A satire by Entelechy of Biotechnology,” projects a future in which nanotechnology will be used to rid the world of the “active seniors” who are collecting their pensions without contributing to society. |
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4.1
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Fall 2007 |
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2007 Shouse, Eric. “Suicide: Or the Future of Medicine. (A ‘Satire by Entelechy’ of Biotechnology).” KB Journal: The Journal of the Kenneth Burke Society 4.1 (Fall 2007). http://www.kbjournal.org/shouse. Primarily a commentary on Kenneth Burke’s satire “Waste or the Future of Prosperity” (1930) but a short section, “A satire by Entelechy of Biotechnology,” projects a future in which nanotechnology will be used to rid the world of the “active seniors” who are collecting their pensions without contributing to society. The author is a Professor of Communication at East Carolina University. |
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Primarily a commentary on Kenneth Burke’s satire “Waste or the Future of Prosperity” (1930. |
| Author Note |
The author is a Professor of Communication at East Carolina University. |
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