Biowarfare as a biopolitical icon

Nuclear warfare threat has been one of the main driver for cultural, political, economical and social changes in the late twentieth century, biological warfare threat is about to take it over. However, while nuclear warfare was a concrete possibility, biological warfare is just an elusive risk. This...

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Autor principal: Mordini, E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7087952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32214963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10202-005-0005-0
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description Nuclear warfare threat has been one of the main driver for cultural, political, economical and social changes in the late twentieth century, biological warfare threat is about to take it over. However, while nuclear warfare was a concrete possibility, biological warfare is just an elusive risk. This paper will explore some reasons for this apparent inconsistency by discussing biowarfare from a symbolic point of view, looking for its inner meanings and philosophical implications.
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spelling pubmed-70879522020-03-23 Biowarfare as a biopolitical icon Mordini, E. Poiesis Prax Focus Nuclear warfare threat has been one of the main driver for cultural, political, economical and social changes in the late twentieth century, biological warfare threat is about to take it over. However, while nuclear warfare was a concrete possibility, biological warfare is just an elusive risk. This paper will explore some reasons for this apparent inconsistency by discussing biowarfare from a symbolic point of view, looking for its inner meanings and philosophical implications. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2005-08-12 2005 /pmc/articles/PMC7087952/ /pubmed/32214963 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10202-005-0005-0 Text en © Springer-Verlag 2005 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7087952/
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