Pandemic education and viral politics. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael A. Peters and Tina Besley.
• Authors: Peters, Michael (Michael A.), 1948-; Besley, Tina, 1950-
• Contents: 1. Introduction: education, philosophy and viral politics 2. Viral modernity? Epidemics, infodemics, and the ‘bioinformational’ paradigm 3. A viral theory of post-truth 4. On the epistemology of conspiracy 5. Love and social distancing in the time of Covid-19: the philosophy and literature of pandemics 6. The Plague : human resilience and the collective response to catastrophe 7. Philosophy and pandemic in the postdigital era: Foucault, Agamben, Žižek 8. The disorder of things: quarantine unemployment, the decline of neoliberalism, and the Covid-19 crash 9. ‘Reality is an activity of the most august imagination’. When the world stops, it’s not a complete disaster – we can hear the birds sing! 10. The Chinese dream encounters COVID-19 11. Biopolitics, conspiracy and the immuno-state: an evolving global politico-genetic complex
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 362.1962414; COVID-19 (Disease) -- Political aspects; COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects; Epidemics -- Political aspects; Epidemics -- Social aspects; Biopolitics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000282351; 9781000282313; 9781000282337; 9781003119579
• Related ISBNs: 9780367635398; 9780367635404
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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