Weber, Samuel

Preexisting Conditions - Recounting the Plague

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ISBN 13:: 9781942130765
author:: Weber, Samuel
format:: Hardback
publisher:: Zone Books
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2022
Pages:: 224
Dimensions:: 22.8 x 15.2 x 1.5 centimetres (0
Genre:: Science, Medical, Epidemiology,
Condition:: New
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A philosophical and literary account of canonical plague tales explores how narratives offer strategies to confront and contend with pandemic dangers. Samuel Weber examines past plague and pandemic times, reproducing the ways individual and collective forces converge to reveal cultural responses to vulnerability and mortality.

Texts from various authors, including biblical figures, ancient Greeks, Renaissance writers, and modern thinkers, demonstrate how narration influences individuals' relationships with others, themselves, and their communities. By analyzing these narratives, Weber sheds light on the complex interplay between preexisting conditions and the urgent situations of those confronting a plague.

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