{"product_id":"the-virus-in-the-age-of-madness-by-bernard-henri-levy-9780300257373","title":"The Virus in the Age of Madness","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAs seen on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS\u003c\/b\u003e \n\n\u003cb\u003eForget the world that came before. The author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Vertigo\u003c\/i\u003e serves up an incisive look at how COVID-19 reveals the dangerous fault lines of contemporary society.\u003c\/b\u003e \n\nWith medical mysteries, rising death tolls, and conspiracy theories beamed minute by minute through the vast web universe, the coronavirus pandemic has irrevocably altered societies around the world. In this sharp essay, world-renowned philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy interrogates the many meanings and metaphors we have assigned to the pandemic—and what they tell us about ourselves. \n\nDrawing on the philosophical tradition from Plato and Aristotle to Lacan and Foucault, Lévy asks uncomfortable questions about reality and mythology: he rejects the idea that the virus is a warning from nature, the inevitable result of global capitalism; he questions the heroic status of doctors, asking us to think critically about the loci of authority and power; he challenges the panicked polarisation that dominates online discourse. \n\nLucid, incisive, and always original, Lévy takes a bird’s-eye view of the most consequential historical event of our time and proposes a way to defend human society from threats to our collective future.\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000823726316,"sku":"9780300257373","price":28.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24571473482294.jpg?v=1763307645","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-virus-in-the-age-of-madness-by-bernard-henri-levy-9780300257373","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}