Literary Meditations for Pandemic Times: Reflections on Plague Classics Dustin Peone, Alexander Gungov, Friedrich Luft

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peone, Dustin, Author.

Contributor:

Gungov, Alexander, Editor.

Luft, Friedrich, Editor.

Series:

Studies in medical philosophy ; Volume 9.

Studies in Medical Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Covid-19.

Medizingeschichte.

Literaturgeschichte.

Literature History.

Medical History.

medical philosophy.

Medizinische Philosophie.

Local Subjects:

Covid-19.

Medizingeschichte.

Literaturgeschichte.

Literature History.

Medical History.

medical philosophy.

Medizinische Philosophie.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2023

Biography/History:

Dr. Dustin Peone is Instructor of Liberal Studies at Mercer University and a fellow of the Institute for Vico Studies in Atlanta. He has taught philosophy and Core studies at Emory University and Oglethorpe University. He is also the author of Memory as Philosophy, Shame, Fame, and the Technological Mentality, and Making Philosophy Laugh.

Dustin Peone is Instructor of Liberal Studies at Mercer University and a fellow of the Institute for Vico Studies in Atlanta. He has taught philosophy and Core studies at Emory University and Oglethorpe University. He is also the author of Memory as Philosophy, Shame, Fame, and the Technological Mentality, and Making Philosophy Laugh.

Summary:

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many new techniques for remaining healthy have been introduced, but there has been little to no public discussion about how to live well. “Social distancing” is good medicine for the body, but the health of the spirit depends on wisdom. When we find ourselves in new and dangerous conditions, we can only look to the past for counsel. In this book, originally published as Plague Literature and now in its second edition, the philosopher Dustin Peone offers reflections on ten literary classics set during plague times. From each work, he draws one central insight that is applicable to our situation today and all future pandemics. These insights are lessons in prudence, taught by the sages of the past. This is a book about how to pursue the good life during a pandemic and what it means to flourish in dark times, not just to survive. “This is a unique and timely work, offering the reader a systematic and historical perspective on the difficult and dangerous conditions of the present time.” —Donald Phillip Verene, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Emory University "An invaluable book, beautifully written in a classical style characterized by clarity and wit." —Brian P. Quaranta, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine, Duke University “Peone’s book offers penetrating and essential insight about what is necessary for human flourishing in pandemic conditions. This should be read by anyone wishing to understand not only how to survive, but how to live well in dark and unsettling times.” —Rebecca U. Thorpe, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Washington

This is a unique and timely work, offering the reader a systematic and historical perspective on the difficult and dangerous conditions of the present time. —Donald Phillip Verene, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Emory University

An invaluable book, beautifully written in a classical style characterized by clarity and wit. Peone finds what he is looking for in these classical works, but the greatest benefit to the reader may come from the author’s own interpretation and analysis. I know of no better guide to living a ‘good life’ during a pandemic than this outstanding work. —Brian P. Quaranta, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine, Duke University

Peone’s book offers penetrating and essential insight about what is necessary for human flourishing in pandemic conditions. This should be read by anyone wishing to understand not only how to survive, but how to live well in dark and unsettling times. —Rebecca U. Thorpe, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Washington

Contents:

Intro

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction: Looking Backward from a Pandemic

CHAPTER I: Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War

CHAPTER II: Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron

CHAPTER III: Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi and Niccolò Machiavelli, An Epistle Written Concerning the Plague

CHAPTER IV: François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel

CHAPTER V: Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year

CHAPTER VI: Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed

CHAPTER VII: Thomas Mann, Death in Venice

CHAPTER VIII: Albert Camus, The Plague

CHAPTER IX: Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal

CHAPTER X: José Saramago, Blindness

HONORABLE MENTION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

[Auflage]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Peone, Dustin Literary Meditations for Pandemic Times: Reflections on Plague Classics

ISBN:

9783838277561

OCLC:

1378390603

Publisher Number:

9783838277561