LEADER 02725nam 22004813a 450 001 9911002990203321 005 20241107101024.0 010 $a9781000698886 010 $a1000698882 024 8 $ahttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780429322051 035 $a(CKB)5680000000018284 035 $a(ScCtBLL)cae58bdb-52ad-4716-9d72-e0098b823db3 035 $a(ODN)ODN0004791410 035 $a(EXLCZ)995680000000018284 100 $a20220304i20192022 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $auru|||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aHuman Extinction and the Pandemic Imaginary$fChristos Lynteris 205 $a1 ed. 210 $d2019 210 1$a[s.l.] :$cRoutledge,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aRoutledge Studies in Anthropology 311 08$a0-367-77688-X 330 $aThis 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 anticipation of a biological extinction of the human species, as from an expectation of the loss of mastery over human/non-humanl relations. Christos Lynteris employs the notion of the 'pandemic imaginary' in order to understand the way in which pandemic-borne human extinction refashions our understanding of humanity and its place in the world. The book challenges us to think how cosmological, aesthetic, ontological and political aspects of pandemic catastrophe are intertwined. The chapters examine the vital entanglement of epidemiological studies, popular culture, modes of scientific visualisation, and pandemic preparedness campaigns. This volume will be relevant for scholars and advanced students of anthropology as well as global health, and for many others interested in catastrophe, the 'end of the world' and the (post)apocalyptic. 410 $aRoutledge Studies in Anthropology 606 $aSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social$2bisacsh 606 $aSocial Science / Anthropology$2bisacsh 606 $aSocial sciences 615 7$aSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social 615 7$aSocial Science / Anthropology 615 0$aSocial sciences. 686 $aSOC002000$aSOC002010$2bisacsh 700 $aLynteris$b Christos$0894504 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911002990203321 996 $aHuman Extinction and the Pandemic Imaginary$92809128 997 $aUNINA