The Weeks that Could Have Changed the Pandemic Course: on the Conflict Between Health, Economic and Personal Rights
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Gerosa A. The Weeks that Could Have Changed the Pandemic Course: on the Conflict Between Health, Economic and Personal Rights. Interaction. Interview. Interpretation. 2020. Vol. 12. No. 4. P. 35-40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/inter.2020.12.4.2
Abstract
Based on the observation of the behavior of local and national governments during the pandemics and the underlying conflicts between different actors and visions, in this contribution I briefly expose some reflections on the necessary triangulation between health, economic and personal rights and the reasons of governments reluctance to implement the measures recommended by sanitary institutions.
Keywords:
coronavirus, late capitalism, governments, health rights, personal freedom
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Braidotti R. (2007) Bio-power and Necro-politics. Springerin, Hefte fur Gegenwartskunst. Vol. 13. No. 2. P. 18–23.
Deleuze G. (1992) Postscript on the Societies of Control. October. Vol. 59. P. 3–7.
Jameson F. (1991) Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. Durham: Duke University Press.
Knight F.H. (2012) Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Mineola: Courier Corporation.
Modi C., Boehm V., Ferraro S., Stein G., Seljak U. (2020) How Deadly is COVID-19? A Rigorous Analysis of Excess Mortality and Age-Dependent Fatality Rates in Italy. MedRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.15.20067074
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Received: 01.10.2020
Accepted: 25.12.2020
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Gerosa, A. (2020). The Weeks that Could Have Changed the Pandemic Course: on the Conflict Between Health, Economic and Personal Rights. Interaction. Interview. Interpretation, 12(4), 35-40. https://doi.org/10.19181/inter.2020.12.4.2
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Chronicles of a Pandemic: Reflections of Sociologists
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