190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
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 in anthropology, philosophy, social theory and global health, the book argues that fear of and fascination with the ‘next pandemic’ stem not so much from an... Read more
Introduction: the end of mastery
1.The end of the world as We Do Not Know It
2. Zoonotic transformations
3. Anthropogenesis reversed
4. The epidemiologist as culture hero
5. The post-pandemic condition
Conclusion: catastrophism beyond closure
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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).
