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xix, 175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Covid-19 and the Crisis of Imagination -- Air -- Pause and Effect -- Seeing the Virus -- A Theory of Social Distancing -- Asynchronicity -- On Abstraction, Boredom, and Pausing. |
| Summary |
"When COVID-19 spread across the globe, people experienced protection measures such as social distancing, self-isolation, and self-quarantine as a kind of 'shutting down' or 'putting on hold' of life. Many referred to this experience as a pause. Calling attention to the long history of grappling with pausing in writing on plagues and pandemics, Julian Haladyn explores the pause in its social, political, and personal manifestations over the extended pandemic. The schism between the virus and its prohibitions on human engagement with the world produced a crisis, Haladyn argues, in which, for an extended time, it was impossible to imagine a future. The Pause is a cultural inquiry into a moment when human life around the globe seemed to a halt, as well as the social symptoms that defined it. The Pause captures the experience of being inside the pandemic, even as that experience continues to unfold. It regards our current situation not for what it may become in the future, but rather as a moment of mass uncertainty and existential hesitation."-- Provided by publisher. |
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Issued also in electronic format. |
| Subject |
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Psychological aspects.
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Social aspects.
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Political aspects.
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COVID-19 -- psychology
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Social Factors (DNLM)D000083663
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COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9ppxymcDb8984mKfy (OCoLC)fst02024716
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| Chronological Term |
Since 2020
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Haladyn, Julian Jason. Pause. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024 0228020824 9780228020820 (OCoLC)1411852116 |
| ISBN |
0228020808 |
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9780228020806 (cloth) |
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9780228020813 (paper) |
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0228020816 |
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9780228020820 (ePDF) |
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9780228020837 (ePUB) |
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