What role did science play in this pandemic? Why did some anti-science currents wither while others thrived? Were there ideological dimensions to the pattern of responses? What positions were taken by right, left and centre? What was revealed about capitalism in this crisis? And about socialism? What did marxism bring to this scenario?
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Conference or Workshop Item (Lecture)
Event Type:
Conference
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Yes
Additional Information:
This article is based on a lecture in the Pandemonium lecture series delivered via zoom on 26 July 2020
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pandemic, covid-19, coronavirus, vaccine, patents, big pharma, Marxism, postmodernism, positivism, epistemology, capitalism, socialism, USA, Ireland, China, Vietnam, Cuba, Kerala, Trump, WHO