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Philosophy, biopolitics, and the virus : the elision of an alternative / Michael Lewis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Michael, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-.
- Agamben, Giorgio.
- COVID-19 (Disease)--Government policy.
- COVID-19 (Disease).
- Medical policy--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Medical policy.
- Public health--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Public health.
- Biopolitics--Philosophy.
- Biopolitics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 257 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
- Contents:
- The invention of an epidemic
- Statistics and their vicissitudes
- The unity of the non-pharmaceutical response
- The paradox of immune community, from deconstruction to biopolitics
- Exposure and the question of sacrifice
- Giorgio Agamben : against sacrifice and the logic of auto-immunity
- Conclusion : beyond the epidemic as politics
- Postlude : the closure of the logos.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 16, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lewis, Michael, 1977- Philosophy, biopolitics, and the virus
- ISBN:
- 9781666923797
- 1666923796
- Publisher Number:
- 99995052357
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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