Dread Comment la peur et la Fantasy ont alimenté les épidémies, de la peste noire à la grippe aviaire

Takes you on a journey through the history of epidemics that focuses on the less-told story of how societies have responded collectively to them - and what those responses reveal about our fears, beliefs, and the times in question.



Deaths from epidemic disease are rare in the developed world, yet in our technically and medically advanced society, an ever-present risk of disease has created an industry out of fear. As Philip Alcabes persuasively argues in Dread , our anxieties about epidemics often stray from the facts on the ground. In a fascinating exploration of the social and cultural history of epidemics, Alcabes delivers a different narrative of disease,one that requires that we reexamine our choice of enemies, and carefully consider the potential motivation of epidemic alarm-bells to further medical, moral, or political campaigns.