COVID-19, Discipline and Blame
The preventive measures implemented to contain the coronavirus pandemic in Italy involve the self-confinement of the population. At the same time, I argue, an ethos of self-discipline is promoted, leading to ambiguous results. Although the pandemic may allow some people to imagine a different futur...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Extreme Anthropology Research Network
2020-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Extreme Anthropology |
Online Access: | https://journals.uio.no/JEA/article/view/7864 |
Summary: | The preventive measures implemented to contain the coronavirus pandemic in Italy involve the self-confinement of the population. At the same time, I argue, an ethos of self-discipline is promoted, leading to ambiguous results. Although the pandemic may allow some people to imagine a different future, others have perceived it as the beginning of a war, in which the most critical aspect becomes placing blame and punish the agents responsible for the contagion, the undisciplined ones who threaten social collectivity.
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ISSN: | 2535-3241 |