| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 177 pages). |
| Series |
Routledge studies in anthropology |
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Routledge studies in anthropology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This book develops an examination and critique of human extinction as a result of the 'next pandemic' and turns attention towards the role of pandemic catastrophe in the renegotiation of what it means to be human. Nested in debates among anthropologists, philosophers, social theorists and STS scholars, the book argues that global fascination with the 'next pandemic' stems not so much from an anticipation of a biological extinction of the human species, as from an expectation of the loss of mastery over human-animal relations, as the ontological pivot of humanity. Christos Lynteris employs the notion of the 'pandemic imaginary' in order to understand the way in which pandemic-borne human extinction refashions our understanding of humanity and its place in the world. The framework presented challenges us to think how mythic, cosmological and political aspects of human extinction are intertwined. The chapters examine the vital entanglement of epidemiological studies, popular culture, modes of scientific visualisation, and pandemic preparedness campaigns. This volume will be relevant for scholars and advanced students of anthropology as well as global health, and for many others interested in catastrophe, the 'end of the world' and the apocalyptic"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Christos Lynteris is Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews, UK. His books for Routledge include Plague and the City (2018) and The Anthropology of Epidemics (2019). |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 23, 2019). |
| Local Note |
Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis eBooks: Open Access |
| Subject |
Epidemics.
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Extinction (Biology)
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Biological disasters.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
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Biological disasters. (OCoLC)fst01749588
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Epidemics. (OCoLC)fst00914079
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Extinction (Biology) (OCoLC)fst00918969
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lynteris, Christos. Human extinction and the pandemic imaginary Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. 9780367338145 (DLC) 2019029081 |
| ISBN |
9780429322051 electronic book |
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0429322054 electronic book |
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9781000698527 electronic book |
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1000698521 electronic book |
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1000698882 electronic book |
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9781000698169 electronic book |
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1000698165 electronic book |
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9781000698886 (electronic bk.) |
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9780367338145 hardcover |
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0367338149 |
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9780367338145 |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9780429322051 doi |
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16255786 |
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