Immunity and Contagion: Transformations of Biopolitics in the Time of Pandemic / J.D. Mininger, Denis Petrina, Aistis Žekevičius, and Audronė Žukauskaitė.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mininger, J.D., author.

Petrina, Denis, author.

Žekevičius, Aistis, author.

Žukauskaitė, Audronė, author.

Series:

Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Value Inquiry Book Series ; 416.

Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Value Inquiry Book Series ; 416

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biology.

Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How does the pandemic affect the notion of biopolitics? Immunity and Contagion offers a twofold perspective on the notion of biopolitics: on the one hand, it examines the negative effects of the pandemic, such as mourning, melancholy, dispossession, affective disorders, as well as social and racial inequalities; on the other hand, it reveals the need to redefine biopolitics as a positive attempt to survey, govern, and overcome the crisis. The pandemic encourages us to reformulate biopolitics in positive terms so that it would take into account all forms of human, biological, and geological life and becomes capable of operating on a planetary scale.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-74818-0

9789004748187

OCLC:

1586549649

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004748187 DOI