Syndemiocen, czyli antropocen w perspektywie pandemii
The Syndemiocene, or the Anthropocene in the Perspective of Epidemic

Summary/Abstract: Introducing a new term, “Syndemiocene,” this article looks closely at a few chosen names of the new age in the Earth’s history. Many of them criticize the monolithic discourse of the Anthropocene, choosing the multiplicity of approaches and perspectives instead. The article explains why this is so important and provides a close reading of two novels: Amitav Ghosh’s The Calcutta Chromosome (1995) and Chuck Hogan’s The Blood Artists (1998). Both not only subvert the medicalizing approaches to defining and fighting off epidemics but also perform two subversive narrative models of the Moderns, revealing how they have disseminated various anthropogenic discourses and practices.

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