Modernity and the Pandemic: Decivilization, Imperialism, and COVID-19 applies the tools of critical social theory to make sense of the COVID-19 crisis and prese

This book poses questions about viewing modernity today from the vantage point of traditionally disparate disciplines engaging scholars from sociology to scienc

The influenza pandemic of 1918–1919 took the lives of between 50 and 100 million people worldwide, and the United States suffered more casualties than in all

Viral modernity is a concept based upon the nature of viruses, the ancient and critical role they play in evolution and culture, and their basic application to

This volume is an important contribution to our understanding of global pandemics in general and Covid-19 in particular. It brings together the reflections of l