The revenge of the real : politics for a post-pandemic world
Bratton, Benjamin H., 1968-2021
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COVID-19 exposed the pre-existing conditions of the current global crisis. Many Western states failed to protect their populations, while others were able to suppress the virus only with sweeping social restrictions. In contrast, many Asian countries were able to make much more precise interventions. Everywhere, lockdown transformed everyday life, introducing an epidemiological view of society based on sensing, modeling, and filtering. What lessons are to be learned? This title envisions a new positive biopolitics that recognizes that governance is literally a matter of life and death. We are grappling with multiple interconnected dilemmas - climate change, pandemics, the tensions between the individual and society - all of which have to be addressed on a planetary scale.
Main title:
The revenge of the real : politics for a post-pandemic world / Benjamin Bratton.
Author:
Bratton, Benjamin H., 1968-, author
Imprint:
London : Verso, 2021.
Collation:
vi, 166 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781839762567 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
614.4
Language:
English
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BRN:
2282901
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