Brown, Nicholas Gerard Francis orcid.org/0000-0002-4742-8595 and Nettleton, Sarah Joan orcid.org/0000-0002-5184-2764 (2017) ‘There is worse to come’:The biopolitics of traumatism in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The Sociological Review. pp. 493-508. ISSN 1467-954X
Abstract
This paper reflects on the different futures and imaginaries constructed through the politics and policy of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). We examine the role of catastrophism, trauma and notions of ‘resistance’ expressed at different moments in the development of the AMR debate. The paper focuses on a number of imaginaries in the politics of AMR, particularly a characterisation of Britain as the ‘sick man of Europe’ or the ‘British disease’ and, more recently, the catastrophist prospect of a ‘return to the dark ages of medicine’. We draw upon recent writing in biopolitical philosophy on immunity and autoimmunity, particularly in the work of Derrida and Sloterdijk, to interrogate immunitary politics of AMR at the intersections of the human and the microbial.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016, Sociological Review Publication Limited.This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
Keywords: | Antimicrobial resistance,Autoimmunity,Catastrophism,Imaginaries |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Sociology (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number AHRC AH/R002037/1 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2017 11:31 |
Last Modified: | 18 Dec 2024 00:07 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12446 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1467-954X.12446 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:111459 |
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