The Limits of Scientific Gaze
Exploring the Contradictions of Contagion, 2011
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 8249678 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Maximiliano Korstanje (0000-0002-5149-1669, autor de correspondencia), Maximiliano E Korstanje, Geoffrey Skoll, Geoffrey R Skoll |
| Año | 2015 |
| Volumen | 1 |
| Páginas | 20-29 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2015-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 2371-1655 • E-ISSN: 2371-1655 |
| Editorial | Lifescience Global (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.6000/2371-1655.2015.01.03 |
| OpenAlex | W1582637040 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
| Referencias citadas | 4 |
This essay explores the synopsis of the film Contagion (2011) that narrates the ethical dilemma of sacrifice in a post-disaster context. At first glance, it seems to emulate the situation during Swine flu outbreaks, radicalizing the political discourse in two directions. On one hand, China, a new emerging but undemocratic superpower, is portrayed as dangerous, disordered, and the Chinese as lazy. In the movie, the United States government intervenes to maintain the security of world health. The US intervention entails restricting the rights of democratic life such as mobility, trade, connectivity, and the distribution of food. The implication is that mobility and tourism facilitate virus outbreaks. This movie presents an ethnocentric discourse because it assumes that only mobility in the First world is safe. Global connections which enable the introduction of Third World from presumed uncivilized cultures lead to the possibility of apocalyptic pandemics
China · Context (archaeology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Democracy · Development economics · Dilemma · Economics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Superpower · Tourism · Global Security and Public Health · History · Law
| Obras citantes distintas | 1 |
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| Citas por año | 0,25 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 1 |