The virus in the age of madness
A trenchant look at how the coronavirus reveals the dangerous fault lines of contemporary society. With medical mysteries, rising death tolls, and conspiracy theories beamed minute by minute through the vast web universe, the coronavirus pandemic has irrevocably altered societies around the world. I...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New Haven
Yale University Press
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
/ Philosophy
B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
| Further subjects: | B
Epidemics
B COVID-19 (Disease) B Épidémies B Philosophy, French 21st century B COVID-19 - Aspect social B Mass media - Social aspects B epidemics B COVID-19 (Disease) Social aspects B Philosophy, French B 2000-2099 B COVID-19 (Disease) Sociological aspects B Mass Media Social aspects B PHILOSOPHY - Essays B COVID-19 - Aspect sociologique B Médias - Aspect social |
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| Summary: | A trenchant look at how the coronavirus reveals the dangerous fault lines of contemporary society. With medical mysteries, rising death tolls, and conspiracy theories beamed minute by minute through the vast web universe, the coronavirus pandemic has irrevocably altered societies around the world. In this sharp essay, world-renowned philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy interrogates the many meanings and metaphors we have assigned to the pandemic--and what they tell us about ourselves. Drawing on the philosophical tradition from Plato and Aristotle to Lacan and Foucault, Lévy asks uncomfortable questions about reality and mythology: he rejects the idea that the virus is a warning from nature, the inevitable result of global capitalism; he questions the heroic status of doctors, asking us to think critically about the loci of authority and power; he challenges the panicked polarization that dominates online discourse. Lucid, incisive, and always original, Lévy takes a bird's-eye view of the most consequential historical event of our time and proposes a way to defend human society from threats to our collective future |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 106 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-300-25738-0 0-300-25738-4 |
