Philosophy, Biopolitics, and the Virus: The Elision of an Alternative
Author:   Michael Lewis
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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9781666923780


Pages:   268
Publication Date:   12 September 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Philosophy, Biopolitics, and the Virus: The Elision of an Alternative


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Author:   Michael Lewis
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.553kg
ISBN:  

9781666923780


ISBN 10:   1666923788
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   12 September 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: The Invention of an Epidemic Chapter 2: Statistics and their Vicissitudes Chapter 3: The Unity of the Non-Pharmaceutical Response Chapter 4: The Paradox of Immune Community, from Deconstruction to Biopolitics Chapter 5: Exposure and the Question of Sacrifice Chapter 6: Giorgio Agamben: Against Sacrifice and the Logic of Auto-immunity Conclusion: Beyond the Epidemic as Politics Postlude: The Closure of the Logos

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"Michael Lewis has written an agonising and deeply personal book. As a specialist on Giorgio Agamben, he plunges deep into the context of the philosophical justifications of the acceptance of lockdown policies -- and the consequences of them for previously held ""truisms"" of the field. This is as searing, powerful, relevant, and intellectually alive a work of philosophy as I have read for many years.--Toby Green, King's College London, author of The Covid Consensus"


"Michael Lewis has written an agonising and deeply personal book. As a specialist on Giorgio Agamben, he plunges deep into the context of the philosophical justifications of the acceptance of lockdown policies -- and the consequences of them for previously held ""truisms"" of the field. This is as searing, powerful, relevant, and intellectually alive a work of philosophy as I have read for many years."


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Michael Lewis is senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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