Pandemic Sociology

In 1990, the sociologist Phil Strong wrote about “epidemic psychology” as part of his research on the recent history of AIDS. Strong described vividly how epidemics of fear, of explanation and moralization, and of (proposed) action accompanied the epidemic of the AIDS virus per se. In this essay, I...

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Autor principal: Pickersgill, Martyn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7116370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33210012
http://dx.doi.org/10.17351/ests2020.523
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spelling pubmed-71163702020-11-17 Pandemic Sociology Pickersgill, Martyn Engag Sci Technol Soc Article In 1990, the sociologist Phil Strong wrote about “epidemic psychology” as part of his research on the recent history of AIDS. Strong described vividly how epidemics of fear, of explanation and moralization, and of (proposed) action accompanied the epidemic of the AIDS virus per se. In this essay, I draw on these formulations to think through the current COVID-19 crisis, illustrating too a pandemic of inequality. In so doing, I provide a sketch of a pandemic sociology. 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7116370/ /pubmed/33210012 http://dx.doi.org/10.17351/ests2020.523 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd). Available at estsjournal.org. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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