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Viral Critique - Postfoundational Perspectives on COVID-19
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This book brings together papers that employ postfoundational
theory to critically investigate the social, political, economic
and ecological dynamics and power structures that shaped Western
democracies, non-Western societies and international politics
during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted not
only social relations and personal lives across the globe, but also
the landscape of postfoundational theory. Giorgio Agamben, one of
its most prominent figures, attracted harsh criticism for his
suggestion that the pandemic was nothing but an invented tool of
state power. In the face of a collectively experienced emergency,
it seemed tempting to forgo critical questioning in favour of
taking action on a manifestly real, viral threat. Resisting this
temptation, this volume makes the case that COVID-19 has rendered
postfoundational critique urgently necessary. The chapters
collected here use postfoundational theory to unpack the
pandemic’s global social event beyond dominant narratives of
unprecedentedness, exception and necessity. The authors explore
where the pandemic has actually altered political, social and
economic dynamics. But they also highlight where divisions,
inequalities and expropriation continued unchanged, or even
reinforced, throughout and after the COVID-19 event. The chapters
apply, scrutinise and re-work the writings of postfoundational
thinkers from Jacques Derrida, Roberto Esposito and Gilles Deleuze
to Jasbir Puar to both offer a better understanding of the
pandemic’s social reality and to draw from it visions for a
different post-pandemic future. Viral Critique will be a key
resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of
Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Economics and Cultural
Studies. The chapters included in this book were originally
published as a special issue of Distinktion: Journal of Social
Theory.
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Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
First published: |
2024 |
Editors: |
Hannah Richter
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Dimensions: |
246 x 174mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
264 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-256139-4 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-03-256139-4 |
Barcode: |
9781032561394 |
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