The main aim of this essay is to find useful historical-political grids in order to interpret governmental strategies and dispositives that have been activated during the CoViD-19 pandemic outbreak. From this perspective, Michel Foucault’s concept of social medicalization and René Girard’s scapegoat theory seem to be extremely fertile. As a matter of fact, both Foucault and Girard’s approaches to social phenomena and political systems could be read on an immunitarian background. I suggest here to call political epidemiology the common standpoint of these two otherwise very different authors.

Epidemiologia politica: Foucault, Girard e la pandemia da CoViD-19

VINALE, Adriano
2020-01-01

Abstract

The main aim of this essay is to find useful historical-political grids in order to interpret governmental strategies and dispositives that have been activated during the CoViD-19 pandemic outbreak. From this perspective, Michel Foucault’s concept of social medicalization and René Girard’s scapegoat theory seem to be extremely fertile. As a matter of fact, both Foucault and Girard’s approaches to social phenomena and political systems could be read on an immunitarian background. I suggest here to call political epidemiology the common standpoint of these two otherwise very different authors.
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11386/4756072
 Attenzione

Attenzione! I dati visualizzati non sono stati sottoposti a validazione da parte dell'ateneo

Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact