Bersani, Brice

What can be learned from the experience of viruses? - 2023.


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What lessons can be drawn from our experience of viruses? As a manifestation of the finitude of living beings, as a viral pathology arising from our relationship with others, a virus is a medical issue, but also a political and even philosophical one. We propose investigating the rationality at work in the ordeal viruses subject us to. Can lessons be drawn that could save us from resignation? Is such a reflection the condition not only of a physiological but, above all, of a psychological recovery?