par Perbal, Laurence
Référence Second Young Research Days (7 septembre 2010: Bruxelles, Belgique)
Publication Non publié, 2010-09-07
Communication à un colloque
Résumé : I would like to speak about human genetics. And I would like to show that it is an Anglo-Saxon specificity. On one side, it is born in United States and England. And as a consequence, it is characterized by many traits of Anglo-Saxon culture. So, it is the early history of human genetics and these characteristics that I would like to explain today. That has some consequences on the way human genetics wants to make science. History of human genetics is exemplary of the cultural dependence of a science. As my speaking time is limited, I focus on the first part of 20th century even if this analysis could be extended to current human genetics. Anyway, early human genetics is exemplary enough to my purpose which is to show how it is really a product of Anglo-Saxon culture, from ideology to philosophy and epistemology.