Modernity and the Pandemic - Decivilization, Imperialism, and Covid-19

Modernity and the Pandemic: Decivilization, Imperialism, and COVID-19 applies the tools of critical social theory to make sense of the COVID-19 crisis and presents a critical sociological analysis of aspects of the political and community response to the pandemic.

List of contents

Introduction 1 Neoliberalism, capitalism, and imperialism 2 The pandemic in international relations 3 Decivilization and society 4 Decivilization and the pandemic Conclusion

About the author

Sean Creaven is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at the University of the West of England, UK. His research interests include the sociology of modernity and postmodernity, sociological theory, critical theory, Marxism and post-Marxism, critical realism, and criminological theory. He is the author of The Pandemic in Britain: COVID-19, British Exceptionalism and Neoliberalism (Routledge, 2023), Against the Spiritual Turn: Marxism, Realism, and Critical Theory (Routledge, 2010), Emergentist Marxism: Dialectical Philosophy and Social Theory (Routledge, 2007), and Marxism and Realism: A Materialistic Application of Realism in the Social Sciences (Routledge, 2000).

Product details

• Authors: Sean (University of the West of England Creaven, Creaven Sean
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032567983
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256798-3
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: The COVID-19 Pandemic Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Capitalism, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Politics & government, Political Economy, Politics and government, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects