Book: Pandemic Education and Viral Politics
2021
Abstract: Viral modernity is a concept based upon the nature of viruses, the ancient and critical role they play in evolution and culture, and their basic application to understanding the role of information and forms of bioinformation in the social world. The ... ...
Author's details | Michael A. Peters is Distinguished Professor of Education at Beijing Normal University and Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois. He is the Executive Editor of the journal Educational Philosophy and Theory. His interests are in education, philosophy and social policy, and he is the author of over 100 books, including The Chinese Dream: Educating the Future (2019), Wittgenstein, Education and Rationality (2020) and Wittgenstein: Antifoundationalism, Technoscience and Education (2020). Tina Besley is Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Education at Beijing Normal University. She is Founding President of the Association for Visual Pedagogies (AVP) and Immediate Past President of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA). She has published over 12 books and many articles and is Deputy Editor of Educational Philosophy and Theory and the Video Journal of Education and Pedagogy, and an Associate Editor for the Beijing International Review of Education. She |
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Abstract | Viral modernity is a concept based upon the nature of viruses, the ancient and critical role they play in evolution and culture, and their basic application to understanding the role of information and forms of bioinformation in the social world. The concept draws a close association between viral biology on the one hand and information science on the other to understand ‘viral’ technologies, conspiracy theories and the nature of post-truth. The COVID-19 pandemic is a major occurrence and mom... |
Keywords | Catastrophe ; COVID-19 ; Conspiracy theories ; Pandemics ; Post-truth world ; Resilience ; Viral modernity ; Viral technology ; World Politics ; Follow ; Fake ; Conspiratorial Beliefs ; World’s Gdp ; Jacinda Ardern ; Viral Politics ; Chronic ; World’s Largest Trading Nation ; Wo ; Gdp Effect ; pandemic education ; Viral Biology ; Fake News ; COVID-19 pandemic ; Wartime ; Prognostications ; Economic Security Act ; Held ; GFC ; Biological Viruses ; BSL-4 Laboratory ; BSL-4 ; Viral Theory ; La Peste ; Affirmative Biopolitics ; High Containment Laboratories ; Post-digital Era |
Language | English |
Size | 118 p. |
Edition | 1 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Document type | Book |
Note | PDA Manuell_7 |
Format | 155 x 236 x 13 |
ISBN | 9780367635398 ; 0367635399 |
Database | PDA |
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