Introduction: a new beginning

Luís Maduro, Paul Kahn

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Abstract

The best apocalyptic movies (from Mad Max to The Stalker) are less about the apocalypse than what follows it. They focus on the systemic changes triggered by the apocalypse. About the apocalypse itself, little can be said. Speech begins again with survival. Likewise, in the middle of the current pandemic, we operate under the law of necessity. For this reason, nations with very different political systems have converged on the same practices of lockdown, social distancing, testing, and tracing. Nations that refuse to accept the law of necessity demonstrate not political strength, but weakness. They suffer the consequences, for the virus recognizes no excuses. Consider the ravages of the pandemic in Brazil and the United States.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDemocracy in times of pandemic
EditorsMiguel Poiares Maduro, Paul W. Kahn
PublisherCambridge University Press
Pages1-18
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)9781108955690
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2020

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