On Covidiots and Covexperts: Stupidity and the Politics of Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the significance of the politics of health as an ongoing interpretative event. The effectiveness of delivering prevention strategies is in negotiation with day-to-day arguments in the public sphere, not just by “experts” in peer-reviewed papers, but also in the...
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oai:doaj.org-article:8e08a25f16de45b28f50273f5391c4ad2021-11-25T21:18:53ZOn Covidiots and Covexperts: Stupidity and the Politics of Health10.11575/jah.v2021i2021.725381927-4416https://doaj.org/article/8e08a25f16de45b28f50273f5391c4ad2021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jah/article/view/72538https://doaj.org/toc/1927-4416 The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the significance of the politics of health as an ongoing interpretative event. The effectiveness of delivering prevention strategies is in negotiation with day-to-day arguments in the public sphere, not just by “experts” in peer-reviewed papers, but also in the everyday interpretations and discussions of available expertise on print and digital media platforms. In this paper I explore ae particular facet of these public debate over the politics of health: the deployment of the commonplace of stupidity. I argue that the growth of this commonplace within discussion is rooted in particular models of interpretation which limit self-understanding, by over-emphasising certain points of significance within the interpretative horizon over more banal (and “stupid”) aspects that are, nevertheless, influential on health interventions. Tom GrimwoodUniversity of CalgaryarticlePhilosophy (General)B1-5802ENJournal of Applied Hermeneutics, Vol 2021, Iss 2021 (2021) |
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the significance of the politics of health as an ongoing interpretative event. The effectiveness of delivering prevention strategies is in negotiation with day-to-day arguments in the public sphere, not just by “experts” in peer-reviewed papers, but also in the everyday interpretations and discussions of available expertise on print and digital media platforms. In this paper I explore ae particular facet of these public debate over the politics of health: the deployment of the commonplace of stupidity. I argue that the growth of this commonplace within discussion is rooted in particular models of interpretation which limit self-understanding, by over-emphasising certain points of significance within the interpretative horizon over more banal (and “stupid”) aspects that are, nevertheless, influential on health interventions.
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