Radical Ethics in Time of Plague

What literary and philosophical resources can help us situate ourselves ethically during and after plague time? Returning to Camus' The Plague provides a thoughtful entry to the timeless time of COVID-19. Isabel Wilkerson describes and challenges white supremacy as plague and caste system, both...

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Published in:Psychoanalytic inquiry 2022-02, Vol.42 (2), p.113-123
Main Author: Orange, Donna M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caste
climate
Colonialism
COVID-19
Ethics
Plague
racism
slavery
White supremacy
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Summary:What literary and philosophical resources can help us situate ourselves ethically during and after plague time? Returning to Camus' The Plague provides a thoughtful entry to the timeless time of COVID-19. Isabel Wilkerson describes and challenges white supremacy as plague and caste system, both blatant and in its less obvious (to whites) forms. Emmanuel Levinas and Knud Ejler Løgstrup bring us the priority of the other and an ethic of responsibility.
ISSN:0735-1690
1940-9133
DOI:10.1080/07351690.2022.2022378