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Human Extinction and the Pandemic Imaginary (Edition 1)

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode ;2020 Christos Lynteris ;ISBN: 9781000698886 ;ISBN: 1000698882 ;ISBN: 9781000698169 ;ISBN: 1000698165 ;ISBN: 9780367776886 ;ISBN: 9780367338145 ;ISBN: 036777688X ;ISBN: 0367338149 ;EISBN: 9781000698169 ;EISBN: 1000698165 ;EISBN: 9781000698886 ;EISBN: 1000698521 ;EISBN: 9781000698527 ;EISBN: 1000698882 ;EISBN: 9780429322051 ;EISBN: 0429322054 ;DOI: 10.4324/9780429322051 ;OCLC: 1120695688

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  • Title:
    Human Extinction and the Pandemic Imaginary (Edition 1)
  • Author: Lynteris, Christos
  • Subjects: Anthropology ; Biological disasters ; biological extinction ; Book Industry Communication ; Cultural & Social ; Culture & institutions ; Epidemics ; Extinction (Biology) ; human extinction ; mythocosmology ; pandemic imaginary ; Social & Cultural Anthropology ; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography ; Social and cultural anthropology ; Social Science ; Society & social sciences ; Sociology & anthropology
  • Description: This book develops an examination and critique of human extinction as a result of the ‘next pandemic’ and turns attention towards the role of pandemic catastrophe in the renegotiation of what it means to be human. Nested in debates in anthropology, philosophy, social theory and global health, the book argues that fear of and fascination with the ‘next pandemic’ stem not so much from an anticipation of a biological extinction of the human species, as from an expectation of the loss of mastery over human/non-humanl relations. Christos Lynteris employs the notion of the ‘pandemic imaginary’ in order to understand the way in which pandemic-borne human extinction refashions our understanding of humanity and its place in the world. The book challenges us to think how cosmological, aesthetic, ontological and political aspects of pandemic catastrophe are intertwined. The chapters examine the vital entanglement of epidemiological studies, popular culture, modes of scientific visualisation, and pandemic preparedness campaigns. This volume will be relevant for scholars and advanced students of anthropology as well as global health, and for many others interested in catastrophe, the ‘end of the world’ and the (post)apocalyptic.
  • Publisher: United Kingdom: Routledge
  • Creation Date: 2019
  • Format: 190
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9781000698886
    ISBN: 1000698882
    ISBN: 9781000698169
    ISBN: 1000698165
    ISBN: 9780367776886
    ISBN: 9780367338145
    ISBN: 036777688X
    ISBN: 0367338149
    EISBN: 9781000698169
    EISBN: 1000698165
    EISBN: 9781000698886
    EISBN: 1000698521
    EISBN: 9781000698527
    EISBN: 1000698882
    EISBN: 9780429322051
    EISBN: 0429322054
    DOI: 10.4324/9780429322051
    OCLC: 1120695688
  • Source: Taylor & Francis eBooks Open Access
    Alma/SFX Local Collection
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