Written by Clowns ... Supervised by Monkeys: A Critique of the Covid-19 Narrative
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world how we know it (at least for now). The question is, was this change justified? In this provocation, I will list three critiques to the narrative (the newly invented narrative) with and through which we have been making sense of the events of this pandemic...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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Concilium
Year: 2021, Issue: 1, Pages: 123-127 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
/ Communication
/ Trust
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society NCC Social ethics VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
COVID-19 pandemic
B Politicians B Mass Media |
| Summary: | The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world how we know it (at least for now). The question is, was this change justified? In this provocation, I will list three critiques to the narrative (the newly invented narrative) with and through which we have been making sense of the events of this pandemic as they have been unfolding. The three main groups of authors of this new narrative: politicians, medical experts, and the mass media professionals, are being put in front of some basic critique. This provocation concludes with the discouraging awareness that accountability will not be part of this narrative. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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