Biopiracy, Neoliberalism and the Global Body

Jamie Donovan Urrutia
Globalization is a multifaceted force at work in the world today that is having diffuse repercussions for societies across the planet. In addition to the reckless harvesting of natural resources from the land itself, the dark side of this process is leading to the exploitation of whole groups and classes of peoples. Through acts of biopiracy, the environmental knowledge and images of indigenous communities are being used to make a profit with minimal compensation involved. Even more alarming, globalization has brought with it the abhorrent practice of organ trafficking, which prays on the already voiceless masses of the poor and powerless. Such realities contradict the rosy picture promoted by supporters of the current incarnation of globalization.

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Psychology and Philosophy