The virus paradigm : a planetary ecology of the mind
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書誌事項
The virus paradigm : a planetary ecology of the mind
（Cambridge elements, . Elements in environmental humanities / edited by Louise Westling,
Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Translated from the Italian
Includes bibliographical references (p. [58]-67)
内容説明・目次
内容説明
In recent years, the word 'virus' has lost its biological perimeter of reference to acquire a much broader - could say 'paradigmatic' - meaning. The term 'virus' can be seen as a key word or an explanatory model also for processes that go beyond the infectious sphere. Every event appears to have a viral character: from the way information is transmitted to the processes of cultural globalization, from the impact of human beings on the planet to the subversion of ecosystems, from pandemic risks to the demographic increase on the planet. This seems to be indeed the Age of the Virus. Its model can be applied to most of the phenomena that characterize the twenty-first. Its profile - its looming and invisible nature, its ability to use other people's resources to spread and to transform into a dangerous doppelganger - is perfect to represent the fears of the contemporary age.
目次
- 1. A Virus for the Planet
- 2. Pandemics and Individual Freedoms
- 3. The Technological Virus
- 4. The Return of the Body
- 5. The Posthumanist View.
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