Experiencing the Covid-19 outbreak socially : on some recent philosophical contributions

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dc.contributor.author Alloggio, Sergio
dc.date.accessioned 2021-09-07T07:31:03Z
dc.date.available 2021-09-07T07:31:03Z
dc.date.issued 2020-01
dc.description.abstract The coronavirus outbreak is currently scrutinised by professional philosophers from different traditions and geographical areas. By focusing on several contributions from European academic philosophers, this article assesses whether such philosophical works manifest and reproduce, consciously or unconsciously, neocolonial and Eurocentric understandings of the Covid-19 pandemic. Particular attention will be given to Agamben’s and Žižek’s interpretations to show the role played in their analysis by reductionist and regressive constructions of the social world. I will then draw on several contributions from African and Africana philosophers (Gqola, Asante, More, West and Outlaw), to set up a theoretical space in which the social experiencing of the coronavirus outbreak, as well as the self-understanding of academic philosophers, could be positively reconceptualised. This act of resignification has its aim in promoting adequate forms of institutional analysis and professional engagement, and it points to the emancipatory task philosophy embodies in the global South. en_ZA
dc.description.department Philosophy en_ZA
dc.description.uri https://upjournals.co.za/index.php/Phronimon en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Alloggio, S. 2020, 'Experiencing the Covid-19 outbreak socially : on some recent philosophical contributions', Phronimon, vol. 21, no. 1, art. #8773, pp. 1–13. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 1561-4018 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2413-3086 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.25159/2413-3086/8773
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/81677
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Unisa Press en_ZA
dc.rights Published by Unisa Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). en_ZA
dc.subject Eurocentrism en_ZA
dc.subject Neocolonialism en_ZA
dc.subject Agamben en_ZA
dc.subject Žižek en_ZA
dc.subject Africana philosophy en_ZA
dc.subject African philosophy en_ZA
dc.subject COVID-19 pandemic en_ZA
dc.subject Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) en_ZA
dc.title Experiencing the Covid-19 outbreak socially : on some recent philosophical contributions en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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