Biopolitics in the Time of Coronavirus
Biopolitics in the Time of Coronavirus
D. Lorenzini
2021 · DOI: 10.1086/711432
Critical Inquiry · 85 Citations
TLDR
Topics discussed include concept of biopolitics to address the coronavirus pandemic, issue for political decision-making to be addressed by the government and city disciplinarization with inhabitants during plague pandemic.
Abstract
The article focuses on emergence of panoply of genres of quarantine noticed by author Joshua Clover in a blog post and mentions notion of biopolitics mentioned by philosopher Michael Foucault Topics discussed include concept of biopolitics to address the coronavirus pandemic, issue for political decision-making to be addressed by the government and city disciplinarization with inhabitants during plague pandemic