Richardson, Louise Fiona orcid.org/0000-0001-9484-7015, Ratcliffe, Matthew James orcid.org/0000-0003-4519-4833, Millar, Becky et al. (1 more author) (Accepted: 2020) The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Bounds of Grief. Think. ISSN 1477-1756 (In Press)
Abstract
This article addresses the question of whether certain experiences that originate in causes other than bereavement are properly termed ‘grief’. To do so, we focus on widespread experiences of grief that have been reported during the Covid-19 pandemic. We consider two potential objections to a more permissive use of the term: (i) grief is, by definition, a response to a death; (ii) grief is subject to certain norms that apply only to the case of bereavement. Having shown that these objections are unconvincing, we sketch a positive case for a conception of grief that is not specific to bereavement, by noting some features that grief following bereavement shares with other experiences of loss.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Philosophy (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number AHRC AH/T000066/1 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2020 10:00 |
Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2025 00:29 |
Status: | In Press |
Refereed: | No |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:165505 |
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