Journal article
Pathogenic Politics: Authoritarianism, Inequality, and Capitalism in the COVID-19 Crisis
Open Anthropological Research, Vol.1(1), pp.159-166
09/04/2021
DOI: 10.1515/opan-2020-0113
Abstract
We provide an introduction to this special issue on the politics of the COVID-19 pandemic, presenting some of the key findings and central arguments of the articles collected herein, and discussing their significance in relation to the broader political context of the pandemic. We address the roles of necropolitics and “necrosecurity”, pointing to their relationships to colonial and eugenicist histories, as well as some of the ways in which a globally-ascendant authoritarian populism contributed to the often-disastrous mismanagement of the pandemic. We consider how unequal structures of social and public obligation were reproduced to the detriment of lives and livelihoods, and the challenges facing institutions of protection, care, and social reproduction. Finally, we consider some of the ways in which the pandemic may have opened up avenues for more systemic transformations—for good or for ill.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Pathogenic Politics: Authoritarianism, Inequality, and Capitalism in the COVID-19 Crisis
- Creators
- Theodore Powers - University of IowaJeremy Rayner - Laboratory on Food, Work, Migration and Development, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Università della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende 87036, Cosenza, Italy
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Open Anthropological Research, Vol.1(1), pp.159-166
- DOI
- 10.1515/opan-2020-0113
- ISSN
- 2657-4233
- eISSN
- 2657-4233
- Publisher
- De Gruyter
- Number of pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/04/2021
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology; Interdisciplinary Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9984270173702771
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