Refereed journal article or data article (A1)

Sota virusta vastaan




List of AuthorsBrunila T, Lehtinen M

PublisherTutkijaliitto

Publication year2020

JournalTiede & Edistys

Journal name in sourceTiede & edistys

Volume number45

Issue number3

Start page234

End page251

ISSN0356-3677

DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.51809/te.109667

URLhttps://tiedejaedistys.journal.fi/article/view/109667


Abstract
In this article, we analyze the political ontology of the nation state in the context of the pandemic and consider how the virus has been made a part of it. Our argument is that the discourse regarding a war on the virus embodies an attempt to control the chronic insecurity and anxiety caused by the pandemic. Combining the work of Cornelius Castoriadis and the affect theoretical approach of Andreja Zevnik and Brian Massumi, we build a framework through which we make intelligible the foundational role played by historically constituted shared networks of meaning and the political ontology it creates, as well as the affects leaning on it in our reactions towards the pandemic. By analyzing Carl Schmitt{\textquoteright}s understanding of politics we locate the political ontology framing the pandemic as an ontology of war. Through this we make visible how the management of insecurity through the distinction between friend and enemy becomes an affective channel for the insecurity caused by the pandemic.


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