Virus Paradigm - A Planetary Ecology of the Mind

In recent years, the word 'virus' has lost its biological perimeter of reference to acquire a much broader - could say 'paradigmatic' - meaning. This Element aims to shed light on how virality has become the most powerful metaphor available to describe very different phenomena.

List of contents

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.

Summary

In recent years, the word 'virus' has lost its biological perimeter of reference to acquire a much broader - could say 'paradigmatic' - meaning. This Element aims to shed light on how virality has become the most powerful metaphor available to describe very different phenomena.

Product details

• Authors: Roberto Marchesini
• Assisted by: Sarah De Sanctis (Translation), De Sanctis Sarah (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781108965811
• ISBN: 978-1-108-96581-1
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Environmental Humanities; Elements in Environmental Huma
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, Microbiology (non-medical), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / General, Society & culture: general, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology, Society and culture: general