The virus in the age of madness /
L�evy, Bernard-Henri,
The virus in the age of madness / Bernard-Henri L�evy. - 1 online resource (xvii, 106 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Come back, Michel Foucault--we need you! -- Divine surprise -- Delicious confinement -- Life, they say -- Goodbye, world?
A trenchant look at how the coronavirus reveals the dangerous fault lines of contemporary society. With medical mysteries, rising death tolls, and conspiracy theories beamed minute by minute through the vast web universe, the coronavirus pandemic has irrevocably altered societies around the world. In this sharp essay, world-renowned philosopher Bernard-Henri L�evy interrogates the many meanings and metaphors we have assigned to the pandemic--and what they tell us about ourselves. Drawing on the philosophical tradition from Plato and Aristotle to Lacan and Foucault, L�evy asks uncomfortable questions about reality and mythology: he rejects the idea that the virus is a warning from nature, the inevitable result of global capitalism; he questions the heroic status of doctors, asking us to think critically about the loci of authority and power; he challenges the panicked polarization that dominates online discourse. Lucid, incisive, and always original, L�evy takes a bird's-eye view of the most consequential historical event of our time and proposes a way to defend human society from threats to our collective future.
Translated from the French.
9780300257380 0300257384
10.12987/9780300257380 doi
22573/ctv13cvznt JSTOR 8E44E9C7-A120-496D-AAD5-66492E7924D4 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2000-2099
COVID-19 (Disease)--Social aspects.
COVID-19 (Disease)--Sociological aspects.
Philosophy, French--21st century.
Epidemics.
Mass media--Social aspects.
PHILOSOPHY--Essays.
COVID-19 (Disease)
Epidemics
Mass media--Social aspects
Philosophy, French
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
B2430.L533 / C4213 2020
194
The virus in the age of madness / Bernard-Henri L�evy. - 1 online resource (xvii, 106 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Come back, Michel Foucault--we need you! -- Divine surprise -- Delicious confinement -- Life, they say -- Goodbye, world?
A trenchant look at how the coronavirus reveals the dangerous fault lines of contemporary society. With medical mysteries, rising death tolls, and conspiracy theories beamed minute by minute through the vast web universe, the coronavirus pandemic has irrevocably altered societies around the world. In this sharp essay, world-renowned philosopher Bernard-Henri L�evy interrogates the many meanings and metaphors we have assigned to the pandemic--and what they tell us about ourselves. Drawing on the philosophical tradition from Plato and Aristotle to Lacan and Foucault, L�evy asks uncomfortable questions about reality and mythology: he rejects the idea that the virus is a warning from nature, the inevitable result of global capitalism; he questions the heroic status of doctors, asking us to think critically about the loci of authority and power; he challenges the panicked polarization that dominates online discourse. Lucid, incisive, and always original, L�evy takes a bird's-eye view of the most consequential historical event of our time and proposes a way to defend human society from threats to our collective future.
Translated from the French.
9780300257380 0300257384
10.12987/9780300257380 doi
22573/ctv13cvznt JSTOR 8E44E9C7-A120-496D-AAD5-66492E7924D4 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2000-2099
COVID-19 (Disease)--Social aspects.
COVID-19 (Disease)--Sociological aspects.
Philosophy, French--21st century.
Epidemics.
Mass media--Social aspects.
PHILOSOPHY--Essays.
COVID-19 (Disease)
Epidemics
Mass media--Social aspects
Philosophy, French
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
B2430.L533 / C4213 2020
194