Philosophy, biopolitics, and the virus the elision of an alternative / Michael Lewis.

Contents The invention of an epidemic -- Statistics and their vicissitudes -- The unity of the non-pharmaceutical response -- The paradox of immune community, from deconstruction to biopolitics -- Exposure and the question of sacrifice -- Giorgio Agamben : against sacrifice and the logic of auto-immunity -- Conclusion : beyond the epidemic as politics -- Postlude : the closure of the logos.
Abstract "This book isolates three moments within the epidemic-'the Science,' non-pharmaceutical intervention, and pharmaceutic remedies-and shows how each of these unities came to immunise itself against alternative proposals. Michael Lewis demonstrates the auto-immune and counter-productive effects of this approach"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index.
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LCCN 2023024633
ISBN9781666923780 cloth
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