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- Discusses the potentially destructive nature of how viruses are represented in popular media and politics
- Explores the role of conspiracy theories in the fight against COVID-19
- Utilizes Jean Baudrillard’s concept of virality to examine what it means to use viruses as a metaphor
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
A key defining aspect of this mode of persuasion is the notion that due to the open nature of our social and cerebral networks, we are prone to being infected by uncontrollable external forces. Drawing from the work of Freud, Lacan, Laclau, Baudrillard, and Zizek, it examines the representation of viruses in politics, psychology, media studies, and medical discourse.
The book will help readers understandthe potentially destructive nature of how viruses are represented in popular media and politics, how this can contribute to conspiracy theories around COVID-19 and how to combat such misinterpretations.
Authors and Affiliations
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Writing Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, Goleta, USA
Robert Samuels
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Viral Rhetoric
Book Subtitle: Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics after Covid-19
Authors: Robert Samuels
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73895-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73894-5Published: 23 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-73895-2Published: 22 May 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 120
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Critical Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Cultural Theory, Literature, general, Media and Communication