Where are we now? : the epidemic as politics /: the epidemic as politics. ([2021])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Essays.
• Further Information: Note: Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Valeria Dani.
• Authors: Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-
• Other Names: Dani, Valeria translator.
• Contents: The invention of an epidemic -- Contagion -- Clarifications -- Where are we now? -- Reflections on the plague -- The state of exception has become the rule -- Social distancing -- A question -- Bare life -- New reflections -- On truth and falsity -- Medicine as religion -- Biosecurity and politics -- Polemos epidemios -- Requiem for the students -- Two notorious terms -- Law and life -- State of emergency and state of exception -- The face and the mask -- What is fear? -- On the time to come.
• Publisher Details: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (103 pages)
• Subjects: 320.9182/1; Democracy; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Political aspects; COVID-19 (Disease) -- Political aspects; Biosecurity -- Political aspects; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Political aspects -- Italy; COVID-19 (Disease) -- Political aspects -- Italy; Biosecurity -- Political aspects -- Italy; Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020- -- Aspect politique; COVID-19 -- Aspect politique; Biosécurité -- Aspect politique; Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020- -- Aspect politique -- Italie; COVID-19 -- Aspect politique -- Italie; Biosécurité -- Aspect politique -- Italie; COVID-19 (Disease) -- Political aspects; Democracy; Italy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538157619; 1538157616
• Related ISBNs: 9781538157596; 9781538157602; 1538157594
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 05, 2021).
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