Beyond the humanist imagination

Something is stirring. Calls for attention are heard from within. Visceral movements resonate from within the belly of the beast of academia. They beckon us from inside the humanities and the natural sciences in an age when transgenic biotechnology and patented genes, wildlife conservation, and in-vitro meat, in-vivo foetal imaging, and embryo selection, epigenetics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria, artificial insemination, and consumer custom-made pharmacology are the orders of the day. Stirrings are felt more widely as well, from the world within and around us.