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‘A monstrous threat’: how a state of exception turns into a ‘new normal’

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This article explores the factors that helped COVID-19 to become a ‘monstrous threat’ to humanity, which legitimises significant restrictions to people’s freedom and is justified by the ethics to keep everyone safe. It analyses how rigid means increase old inequalities and produce secondary risks and significant side-effects and demonstrates how, with social and economic costs soaring, governments seek ways back – not to the old normal – but new social practices and attitudes towards infectious diseases, thereby transforming the state of exception into a ‘new normal’.

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  • Jens O. Zinn, 2020. "‘A monstrous threat’: how a state of exception turns into a ‘new normal’," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(7-8), pages 1083-1091, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:23:y:2020:i:7-8:p:1083-1091
    DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2020.1758194
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    1. Oki Rahadianto Sutopo & Gregorius Ragil Wibawanto & Ariane Utomo & Annisa R Beta & Novi Kurnia, 2022. "The Mode of Reflexive Practice among Young Indonesian Creative Workers in the Time of COVID-19," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 27(4), pages 878-895, December.
    2. Roth, Steffen, 2021. "The great reset of management and organization theory. A European perspective," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 39(5), pages 538-544.

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