The Political Theology of Covid-19 : AComparative History of Human Responsesto Catastrophes
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Turner, Bryan Stanley. (2021). The Political Theology of Covid-19 : AComparative History of Human Responsesto Catastrophes. In Pandemics, Politics, and Society: Critical Perspectives on the Covid-19 Crisis pp. 139-156 De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110713350-009
Authors | Turner, Bryan Stanley |
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Abstract | This volume is an important contribution to our understanding of global pandemics in general and Covid-19 in particular. It brings together the reflections of leading social and political scientists who are interested in the implications and significance of the current crisis for politics and society. The chapters provide both analysis of the social and political dimensions of the Coronavirus pandemic and historical contextualization as well as perspectives beyond the crisis. The volume seeks to focus on Covid-19 not simply as the terrain of epidemiology or public health, but as raising fundamental questions about the nature of social, economic and political processes. The problems of contemporary societies have become intensified as a result of the pandemic. Understanding the pandemic is as much a sociological question as it is a biological one, since viral infections are transmitted through social interaction. In many ways, the pandemic poses fundamental existential as well as political questions about social life as well as exposing many of the inequalities in contemporary societies. As the chapters in this volume show, epidemiological issues and sociological problems are elucidated in many ways around the themes of power, politics, security, suffering, equality and justice. This is a cutting edge and accessible volume on the Covid-19 pandemic with chapters on topics such as the nature and limits of expertise, democratization, emergency government, digitalization, social justice, globalization, capitalist crisis, and the ecological crisis. |
Keywords | Pandemic; Society; Social Organisation; Ethics; Emergency Governance |
Page range | 139-156 |
Year | 01 Jan 2021 |
Book title | Pandemics, Politics, and Society: Critical Perspectives on the Covid-19 Crisis |
Publisher | De Gruyter |
Place of publication | Germany |
ISBN | 9783110713237 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110713350-009 |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 06 Feb 2024 |
Deposited | 15 Feb 2024 |
Additional information | © 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston. |
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