By Heiko Stoff
Free will is the basic concept underpinning liberal capitalism. But it was only put fully into practice in the 1980s, when the state divested itself of responsibility in many ways and…
Heiko Stoff is a historian of medicine and science at the Medical School in Hannover. He specializes in the history of bodies, sexualities, and biologial materialities. His many publications include Wirkstoffe (Franz Steiner Verlag, 2012), Gift in der Nahrung (Franz SteinerVerlag, 2015), and Die Komamethode (Kulturverlag Kadmos, 2020).