From Cogito to Covid
From Cogito to Covid

Author: Molly A. Wallace

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-06-29

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 3030996042

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This edited collection examines the contemporary relevance of Lacan’s 1965 essay “Science and Truth” to debates on science, psychoanalysis, ethics and truth. In doing so, it re-considers the established understanding of its argument that psychoanalysis is the only science for the human subject. Over fifty years after Lacan attempted to formalize the relationship between science and psychoanalysis in “Science and Truth,” this volume returns to the categorically systematic yet deeply puzzling ideas of this lecture-turned-essay. The volume begins with a rigorous analysis of the formal logic animating the cogito, which serves as a foundation for the remainder of the book to force a confrontation between the themes laid out in “Science and Truth” and the cultural, intellectual, political, economic, and, of course, scientific movements that we face today. The following five chapters examine various contemporary phenomena, including the destabilizing forces of post-truthism and political nihilism, the ‘non-science’ of filmic depictions of science, the prosopopeia of Lacan’s so-called secular Name of the Father, the pseudoscientific discourse of involuntary celibates, or ‘incels,’ and, finally, the alliance between science and capitalism that has developed out of the Covid-19 pandemic. This project offers an important contribution to contemporary debates about science and ethics that will be of interest to academics working in psychoanalytic and critical theory, and the philosophy and history of science; as well as to clinicians.

From Cogito to Covid
From Cogito to Covid

Author: Molly A. Wallace

Publisher:

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783030996055

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This edited collection examines the contemporary relevance of Lacan's 1965 essay "Science and Truth" to debates on science, psychoanalysis, ethics and truth. In doing so, it re-considers the established understanding of its argument that psychoanalysis is the only science for the human subject. Over fifty years after Lacan attempted to formalize the relationship between science and psychoanalysis in "Science and Truth," this volume returns to the categorically systematic yet deeply puzzling ideas of this lecture-turned-essay. The volume begins with a rigorous analysis of the formal logic animating the cogito, which serves as a foundation for the remainder of the book to force a confrontation between the themes laid out in "Science and Truth" and the cultural, intellectual, political, economic, and, of course, scientific movements that we face today. The following five chapters examine various contemporary phenomena, including the destabilizing forces of post-truthism and political nihilism, the 'non-science' of filmic depictions of science, the prosopopeia of Lacan's so-called secular Name of the Father, the pseudoscientific discourse of involuntary celibates, or 'incels,' and, finally, the alliance between science and capitalism that has developed out of the Covid-19 pandemic. This project offers an important contribution to contemporary debates about science and ethics that will be of interest to academics working in psychoanalytic and critical theory, and the philosophy and history of science; as well as to clinicians. Molly A Wallace is a freelance editor and writer. She holds an MA in Philosophy from Duquesne University, USA. Concetta Principe is Professor at Trent University-Durham, Canada, where she teaches English Literature and Theory. Her research uses a Lacanian approach in analyzing political factors informing culture and philosophy. Dr Principe is also the author of Secular Messiahs and the Return of Paul's Real: A Lacanian Approach (2015). Her work has appeared in, Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society, The Bible and Critical Theory, Psychoanalytic Discourse/ Discours psychoanalytique, and Journal of Cultural Research. .

The Plague
The Plague

Author: Albert Camus

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1991-05-07

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 0679720219

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“Its relevance lashes you across the face.” —Stephen Metcalf, The Los Angeles Times • “A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of despair.” —Roger Lowenstein, The Washington Post A haunting tale of human resilience and hope in the face of unrelieved horror, Albert Camus' iconic novel about an epidemic ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature. The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror. An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a timeless story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.

The Covid Trail
The Covid Trail

Author: Halina Brunning

Publisher: Phoenix Publishing House

Published: 2022-12-15

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1800131836

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Contributors include Anthony Berendt, Birgitte Bonnerup, Leslie B. Brissett, Halina Brunning, Tim Dartington, Winnie Fei, M. Gerard Fromm, Zhang Jian Li, Olya Khaleelee, Andrzej Leder, Richard Morgan-Jones, Claudia Nagel, Mario Perini, Rob Stuart, Simon Western, and Barbara-Anne Wren. The idea of The Covid Trail developed at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Using the language of psychoanalysis and system psychodynamic thinking, it seeks to find a way to think about and understand the post-pandemic world from an international perspective. Motivated by a desire to express what is hidden, dangerous, and difficult to express, this book takes us on a trail. It starts with disquiet, disorientation, and loss in Part I. Through attempts to make sense of it all, a clear, albeit meandering and dangerous, path to follow is created, which snakes throughout the book. Part II takes a closer look at despair and resilience and pairs them through balancing power with vulnerability. Part III delves into the realm of psychoanalysis, to seek solace, or at least a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of the pandemic, and examines how we have sown our own environmental destruction. The final part offers a glimpse into the post-Covidian world and the longer and deeper impact of Covid upon our bodies, relationships, constructs, and civilisation. The volume ends on a trail of each chapter's essence, taking the reader from shock, disorientation, and fear through mobilisation of resilience, a realisation of the enormity of the changes humanity faces, and an attempt to comprehend these processes as a guide to this permanent "new normal". All those with a desire to understand the way the world has changed will want to explore The Covid Trail.

Exploring the Interconnected Complexities of COVID-19
Exploring the Interconnected Complexities of COVID-19

Author: KEEKOK. LEE

Publisher:

Published: 2023-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781527525320

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This book explores the nature of COVID-19 through posing four questions: What could be said to be the cause of COVID-19? Who is likely to be infected? Where is infection likely to take place? When is infection likely to occur? It will demonstrate that these four W questions are interconnected, that they are the very ones which pre-occupy biomedicine today, whether in the form of clinical medicine or epidemiology. Epidemiology is often portrayed as "sub-standard", while clinical medicine is put on a pedestal, marked as "superior" and "methodologically impeccable/privileged". This book challenges this standard assessment. It argues that the causal model underpinning epidemiology is more adequate to account for medical data and evidence, across the board. Epidemiological Thinking is Medical Thinking, which this book calls Ecosystem Thinking and, through it, explores the values underpinning Medical Thinking, including geopolitical values.

The Covid Recovery
The Covid Recovery

Author: Danielle K. Zonca

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2021-10-12

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 1098096738

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Everyone, from all walks of life, regardless of race, religion, creed, sexual orientation, economic status, etc., has been affected in one way, or another, by COVID-19. The Covid Recovery: Inspirations and Affirmations to Positively Move Forward was created with this fact at the heart of its bloodline. When a pandemic suddenly appears and changes the path of life as it's been personally known, people begin to question everything. They question themselves, their jobs, their family, and friends, which can lead to a downward spiral into a dark abyss while losing all hope to ever get out. This book was designed to provide confidence in oneself, that even during the darkest times of life, it is possible to remain positive, gain new positivity, learn new things about oneself and others, and move forward with the belief that it is achievable and attainable to move forward successfully. The goal is to accept that a pandemic is terrifying, and that it not only affects society financially but emotionally as well. This book was created to be used as a guide filled with constructive words, uplifting thoughts, and practical ideas that can be applied and put into place within one's personal life. Although it will take time, our society can and will move forward.

Pandemic Manifesto
Pandemic Manifesto

Author: Farah Fourcand, MD

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08-20

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13:

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Dr. Farah Fourcand, MD walks you through everything you need to know about COVID-19. From her firsthand experiences on the COVID-19 ICU frontlines, Dr. Farah combines her medical knowledge and evidence from over 200 cited sources in a concise, 75-page text that takes a deep dive into COVID-19 and pandemics at large including but not limited to: - COVID-19 Vaccine Development, Antibodies, and Reinfection - The Science Behind Hydroxychloroquine and the QT Interval - COVID-19 Test Sensitivity, False Positives, and False Negatives - How Plasma, Tocilizumab, Remdesivir, Steroids, and ECMO Work - The Role of Melatonin, Vitamin D, Zinc, and Vitamin C in COVID-19 - Crash Course in the Cytokine Storm, IL-6, ACE, and Spike Protein - How to Flatten the Curve, Mitigation, Masks, PPE, Social Distancing, and Reopening Strategies - Hypertension, Diabetes, Obesity, Asthma, Sleep Apnea, Immune System Dysfunction, and Other COVID-19 Risk Factors - Ventilators, Intubation, Proning, and 'ARDS' in Severe COVID-19 - COVID-19's Effect on the Heart, Blood, Kidneys, Guts, Skin, and Brain - The Link Between Severe COVID-19, Male Sex, and Testosterone - COVID-19 in Children, Youth, and Certain Blood Types - The Importance of Evidence-Based Medicine and How Clinical Trials Work - Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Essential Workers and Quarantined Citizens - Philosophical Approaches to Non-Traditional Microscopic 'Warfare' Armed with the aforementioned information, this war-themed, non-partisan manifesto provides you with the knowledge and wisdom to think for yourself and rise above the chaos of COVID-19. Given the dynamic nature of the current pandemic, this is the '1st Edition.' There is more to come.

After Lockdown
After Lockdown

Author: Bruno Latour

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1509550038

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After the harrowing experience of the pandemic and lockdown, both states and individuals have been searching for ways to exit the crisis, many hoping to return as soon as possible to ‘the world as it was before the pandemic’. But there is another way to learn the lessons of this ordeal: as inhabitants of the earth, we may not be able to exit lockdown so easily after all, since the global health crisis is embedded in another larger and more serious crisis – that brought about by the New Climate Regime. Learning to live in lockdown might be an opportunity to be seized: a dress-rehearsal for the climate mutation, an opportunity to understand at last where we – inhabitants of the earth – live, what kind of place ‘earth’ is and how we will be able to orient ourselves and exist in this world in the years to come. We might finally be able to explore the land in which we live, together with all other living beings, begin to understand the true nature of the climate mutation we are living through and discover what kind of freedom is possible – a freedom differently situated and differently understood. In this sequel to his bestselling book Down to Earth, Bruno Latour provides a compass for this necessary re-orientation of our lives, outlining the metaphysics of confinement and deconfinement with which we will all be obliged to come to terms by the strange times in which we are living.

Embodied Testimonies, Gendered Memories, and the Poetics of Trauma
Embodied Testimonies, Gendered Memories, and the Poetics of Trauma

Author: Maryam Ghodrati

Publisher: Vernon Press

Published: 2024-07-16

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13:

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"Embodied Testimonies, Gendered Memories, and the Poetics of Trauma" is a collection of academic essays that uses mainstream and postcolonial trauma theory in the analysis of literary and artistic representations of traumatic history. This collection prioritizes historical and personal accounts from the perspectives of Iranian, Arab, Jewish, and Black women to highlight the ways in which gender, race, and religion shape experiences of trauma. By drawing attention to individual experiences of suffering — both visible and invisible — the authors reconsider the basis for collective and socio-political engagement. The book re-examines established postcolonial trauma theory, which can occasionally overemphasize the collectivity of traumatic experience and subsume individual stories under ideological nationalism. Each chapter in this collection explores methods of balancing the pain of the individual and the community through analyses of art, literature, and film. Together, these chapters demonstrate the importance of embracing a dynamic and diverse approach to the representation of trauma that makes marginalized survivors visible while also recognizing the complexities of gendered and racialized experiences of trauma.

The Vaccine
The Vaccine

Author: Joe Miller

Publisher:

Published: 2021-11-30

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781802791242

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How do you develop a life-saving drug when every second counts and one mistake could be catastrophic?