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Viral Rhetoric: Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics After Covid-19

Viral Rhetoric: Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics After Covid-19

Hardcover

Literary CriticismGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 3030738949
ISBN13: 9783030738945
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: May 23 2021
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book looks at the representation of viruses in rhetoric, politics, and popular culture. In utilizing Jean Baudrillard's concept of virality, it examines what it means to use viruses as a metaphor. For instance, what is the effect of saying that a video has gone viral? Does this use of biology to explain culture mean that our societies are determined by biological forces? Moreover, does the rhetoric of viral culture display a fundamental insensitivity towards people who are actually suffering from viruses?

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