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Author:   Frederic Keck
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Polity Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.80cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9781509566877

ISBN 10:   1509566872
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   14 March 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Opening: Covid-19 displayed as pandemic and zoonosis Introduction: Wild thought about biopolitics 1.   Biopower: disciplining individuals, regulating populations a.   Public hygiene and mental health b.   Biotechnologies, biosecurity and biolegitimacy 2.   Pastoral power: watching over humans like sheep a.   A benevolent and sacrificial power b.   Veterinary medicine and breeders' knowledges 3.   Cynegetic power: catching the preys' perspectives a.   Colonial slavery and hunting societies b.   Virus hunters and disease reservoirs 4.   Cryopolitics: preserving living collections a.   The mutations of influenza viruses b.   The cold chain in markets and laboratories c.   Storing living beings in reserves and museums 5.   Planetary health: anticipating disasters with animals a.   Responsibility: from pandemics to global warming b.   Participation: the ideal of justice through war 6.   Sentinels: building a new form of solidarity a.   The frontiers of the immune system b.   Remembering the signs of the past to prepare for future disasters Conclusion: Environmental pathologies, animal studies and the critique of capitalism

Reviews

“Keck provides a majestic and urgently needed synthesis of biopolitical and ontological approaches to zoonoses from a multi-species perspective.” Christos Lynteris, University of St. Andrews “Through a rich study of how political and scientific forces have responded to pandemics, Keck weaves a refreshingly original, and ultimately hopeful, approach: rather than concentrating on eradication or control, it might be worth learning to understand what other species are communicating.” Sarah Green, University of Helsinki

Author Information

Frédéric Keck is Research Director at the Laboratory of Social Anthropology at CNRS-Collège de France-EHESS.

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