“Death is a disease”: Cryopreservation, neoliberalism, and temporal commodification in the U.S

Taylor R. Genovese

Technology in Society, 2018, vol. 54, issue C, 52-56

Abstract: •Cryopreservation can be better understood as the physical embodiment of neoliberalism.•Cryopreservation can further be described as a 21st century Durkheimian, Americanist death ritual.•These engagements can be described as being part of the cryonic assemblage.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2018.03.002

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