THE COVID SPECTRUM THEORETICAL AND EXPERIENTIAL REFLECTIONS FROM INDIA AND BEYOND
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Description
- Published : December 2021
- AUTHOR : Edited by Kanchana Mahadevan, Satishchandra Kumar,
Meher Bhoot, Rajesh Kharat - Publisher : Speaking Tiger
- MRP : 699.00
- Pages : 360
- Binding Typ0e : Paperback
- Category : Non-fiction
- ISBN : 9789354471452
- Language : English
ABOUT THE BOOK
The COVID Spectrum brings together a diverse range of essays from five continents
on the pandemic that plunged the world into an unprecedented crisis. Important
questions raised and sought to be answered in the first section of the book straddle
the personal and political, as well as the economic and ethical: How can we prevent
social collapse when all human life isn’t equally valued? What does it mean to be a
more caring society? Are our healthcare systems prepared for another such shock?
Can we continue to be driven by the ‘market’ or do we need a more normative
economics? How do we deal with conspiracy theories and misinformation in the
digital age, especially in emergencies like this one? And have physical distancing
norms and video calls led to a fundamental break in the way we communicate?
The second section of the book shows how, through all the chaos COVID has
engendered, people across nations and cultures have found it within themselves
to courageously wade through the troubles. We see how the Cubans managed the
infection, how the citizens of Hong Kong stood by each other, and how the head
of state of an East African island nation showed us what it means to be a servant
leader. Psychotherapists try to figure out ways of battling isolation-induced stress.
Policy experts argue what we can do to alleviate the shocking exclusion suffered by
marginalized sections during the pandemic. And regular individuals learn the value
of being there for each other.
The world changed in 2019. What we collectively witnessed wasn’t just a medical
emergency, but a social and economic and conceptual breaking point. This
anthology expresses the hope that the ‘Great Reset’ which lies ahead could be a
real and enlightened one, if we try.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Meher Bhoot is Associate Professor and Head at the Department of German,
University of Mumbai since 2013.
Rajesh Kharat is Dean, Humanities, University of Mumbai (on Deputation),
Professor and former Chairperson, Centre for South Asian Studies, Jawarharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi.
Satishchandra Kumar is Professor and Head at the Department of Applied
Psychology & Counselling Centre, University of Mumbai.
Kanchana Mahadevan is Professor and Head at the Department of
Philosophy, University of Mumbai.
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