Care, Control and COVID-19: Health and Biopolitics in Philosophy and Literature
Raili Marling, "Care, Control and COVID-19: Health and Biopolitics in Philosophy and Literature"
English | ISBN: 3110799278 | 2023 | 280 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 3 MB
English | ISBN: 3110799278 | 2023 | 280 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 3 MB
This volume sheds light on the social and cultural transformations that accompanied the Covid-19 crisis by looking at health and biopolitics from a philosophical and literary perspective.
The biopolitical measures taken globally in response to the crisis have led to previously unheard-of restrictions in liberal societies, resulting in deep and potentially lasting transformations both in social structures and interpersonal relationships. Many researchers have addressed the Covid-19 crisis as a political or epidemiological challenge, but few have paid sufficient attention to the culturally specific reactions and cultural representations of the human beings at the centre of events. Literary analyses capture this human component and give insights into different reactions to, and protests against, the health-political measures addressing the crisis.
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