Epidemics and Pandemics
Epidemics, pandemics, contagion, immunity, social distance, zoonosis are just a few of the concepts that have become commonplace in the academic community and in everyday conversation since the outbreak of the Covid-19. This book aims to provide the reader with a philosophical guide to this conceptu...
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| description | Epidemics, pandemics, contagion, immunity, social distance, zoonosis are just a few of the concepts that have become commonplace in the academic community and in everyday conversation since the outbreak of the Covid-19. This book aims to provide the reader with a philosophical guide to this conceptual vocabulary by investigating the meanings, implications, and history of words related to the current emergency of Covid-19. This book addresses the fundamental anthropological, ethical, and political issues that have come under the spotlight of the public debate (life and death, freedom and authority, fear and protection, poverty and access to medical care). In this context, particular attention is given to the conflict between the scientific discourse on the one hand, and irrational bias, misinformation and fake news on the other.The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak is only the latest episode in a long history of pandemics and epidemics that have constellated human history since its very beginning. Authoritative accounts have made some of these contagious plagues famous (Thucydides’ pages immortalizing the Athenian epidemic of the 5th century B.C.; Boccaccio’s description of the Black Death; Manzoni’s depiction of the Plague ravaging 17th-century Milan). Because a full understanding of the present is not possible without historical inquiry, several contributions in the book explore debates about calamitous phenomena as documented in philosophical literature from Antiquity to 20th-century philosophy. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1509642025-02-10T17:02:57Z Epidemics and Pandemics Palazzo, Alessandro Nicoletti, Michele History of Medicine Philosophy: Epistemology and Theory of Knowledge thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science Epidemics, pandemics, contagion, immunity, social distance, zoonosis are just a few of the concepts that have become commonplace in the academic community and in everyday conversation since the outbreak of the Covid-19. This book aims to provide the reader with a philosophical guide to this conceptual vocabulary by investigating the meanings, implications, and history of words related to the current emergency of Covid-19. This book addresses the fundamental anthropological, ethical, and political issues that have come under the spotlight of the public debate (life and death, freedom and authority, fear and protection, poverty and access to medical care). In this context, particular attention is given to the conflict between the scientific discourse on the one hand, and irrational bias, misinformation and fake news on the other.The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak is only the latest episode in a long history of pandemics and epidemics that have constellated human history since its very beginning. Authoritative accounts have made some of these contagious plagues famous (Thucydides’ pages immortalizing the Athenian epidemic of the 5th century B.C.; Boccaccio’s description of the Black Death; Manzoni’s depiction of the Plague ravaging 17th-century Milan). Because a full understanding of the present is not possible without historical inquiry, several contributions in the book explore debates about calamitous phenomena as documented in philosophical literature from Antiquity to 20th-century philosophy. 2025-02-10T17:02:56Z 2025-02-10T17:02:56Z 2024 book ONIX_20250210_9782503598925_37 9782503598925 9782503598932 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150964 eng Philosophy (Outside a Series) image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503598925-1 https://www.brepolsonline.net/action/showBook?doi=10.1484%2FM.STPH-EB.5.127756 Brepols Brepols 10.1484/M.STPH-EB.5.127756 10.1484/M.STPH-EB.5.127756 337417f5-5e42-49d3-8b32-3867e1572190 9782503598925 9782503598932 Brepols 328 Turnhout open access |
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| title | Epidemics and Pandemics |
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| title_short | Epidemics and Pandemics |
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| topic | History of Medicine Philosophy: Epistemology and Theory of Knowledge thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science |
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