Human extinction and the pandemic imaginary /
Lynteris, Christos,
Human extinction and the pandemic imaginary / Christos Lynteris. - 1 online resource (xii, 177 pages). - Routledge studies in anthropology . - Routledge studies in anthropology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 among anthropologists, philosophers, social theorists and STS scholars, the book argues that global fascination with the 'next pandemic' stems 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-animal relations, as the ontological pivot of humanity. 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 framework presented challenges us to think how mythic, cosmological and political aspects of human extinction 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 apocalyptic"--
Christos Lynteris is Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews, UK. His books for Routledge include Plague and the City (2018) and The Anthropology of Epidemics (2019).
9780429322051 0429322054 9781000698527 1000698521 1000698882 9781000698169 1000698165 9781000698886
10.4324/9780429322051 doi
9780429322051 Taylor & Francis
2019029082
GBB9H8442 bnb
019556723 Uk
Epidemics.
Extinction (Biology)
Biological disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
Biological disasters.
Epidemics.
Extinction (Biology)
Electronic books.
RA651 / .L96 2020
614.4/9
Human extinction and the pandemic imaginary / Christos Lynteris. - 1 online resource (xii, 177 pages). - Routledge studies in anthropology . - Routledge studies in anthropology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 among anthropologists, philosophers, social theorists and STS scholars, the book argues that global fascination with the 'next pandemic' stems 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-animal relations, as the ontological pivot of humanity. 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 framework presented challenges us to think how mythic, cosmological and political aspects of human extinction 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 apocalyptic"--
Christos Lynteris is Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews, UK. His books for Routledge include Plague and the City (2018) and The Anthropology of Epidemics (2019).
9780429322051 0429322054 9781000698527 1000698521 1000698882 9781000698169 1000698165 9781000698886
10.4324/9780429322051 doi
9780429322051 Taylor & Francis
2019029082
GBB9H8442 bnb
019556723 Uk
Epidemics.
Extinction (Biology)
Biological disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
Biological disasters.
Epidemics.
Extinction (Biology)
Electronic books.
RA651 / .L96 2020
614.4/9