William Watkin

Covid, Biopolitics and the Suspension of the Nomos

Herd Immunities

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers how, during the unprecedented global lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the normal order of everyday life, of the rule of law, of power itself was interrupted, and hence the nomos of this earth was suspended.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781032888088
• ISBN-10: 1032888083
• Artikelnr.: 72879768

Autorenporträt

William Watkin is Professor of Contemporary Philosophy and Literature, Brunel University, London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: The Philosophy of Covid. Introduction: Nomosology and the Suspension of Nomos 2020-2022 1. Herd Immunities 2. Viral Load or Life in the Virosphere 3. The Immune System
the Floating Brain and the Philosophy of Covid 4. Foucault and the Nomosology of Pastoral Power 5. Deleuze
Guattari
and their Assemblage Theory of Herding 6. Wolves
Herds
Flocks
Packs
Particles Tuareg: Did We Move in Our Bubbles to a Purpose During Lockdown? 7. Herds Taken as Sets of Beings 8. Immunitas: The Indifference of Life and Death 9. The Immune Multiple 10. Conclusion: Covid
Biopolitics and the Resumption of the Nomos