Being Human During COVID-19 |
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| Editor:
| Martin, Paul
de Saille, Stevienna
Liddiard, Kirsty
Pearce, Warren |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5292-2312-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2022 |
| Publisher: | Bristol University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $80.95 |
Book Description:
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Cutting across disciplines from science and technology studies to the arts and humanities, this thought-provoking collection engages with key issues of social exclusion, inequality, power and knowledge in the context of COVID-19.The authors use the crisis as a lens to explore the contours of contemporary societies and lay bare the ways in which orthodox conceptions of the human condition can benefit a privileged few.Highlighting the lived experiences of marginalized groups from around...
More DescriptionCutting across disciplines from science and technology studies to the arts and humanities, this thought-provoking collection engages with key issues of social exclusion, inequality, power and knowledge in the context of COVID-19.The authors use the crisis as a lens to explore the contours of contemporary societies and lay bare the ways in which orthodox conceptions of the human condition can benefit a privileged few.Highlighting the lived experiences of marginalized groups from around the world, this is a boundary-spanning critical intervention to ongoing debates about the pandemic. It presents new ways of thinking in public policy, culture and the economy, and points the way forward to a more equitable and inclusive human future. Chapter 12 is available Open Access via OAPEN under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.