Normalizing the Population: The Biopolitics of the "New Normal"

• Main Author: Lagdameo, Federico José T.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: biopolitics; COVID-19; Foucault; infosphere; normalization; pandemic
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/budhi/vol24/iss1/3; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/budhi/article/1478/viewcontent/Budhi_2024.1_203_20Article_20__20Lagdameo.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

While the whole world is trying to get its bearings in the face of the radical changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, two prevailing attitudes or approaches have emerged: (1) a yearning for a return to pre-COVID-19 normalcy typified by what I call the “typhoon-shelter approach” and (2) reco...