Contagion Capitalism - Pandemics in the Corporate Age

Contagion Capitalism situates the COVID-19 pandemic within the systems of global political economy and their attendant cultural modes and theorizes that these systems act as facilitators and drivers of global pandemic risk.

List of contents

Introduction 1 Neoliberalism and zombie capitalism 2 Pandemics, instrumental reason, and corporate science 3 Zombie capitalism and the ecological crisis 4 Epidemiological rift: From zombie capitalism to contagion capitalism 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: Creaven Sean
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032568010
• ISBN: 978-1-032-56801-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Weight: 600 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: The COVID-19 Pandemic Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Capitalism, International Relations, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Political science & theory, Environmental Economics, Political Economy, Social impact of environmental issues, Political science and theory, Environmental policy & protocols, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Environmental policy and protocols