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“L’enfer, c’est les autres”: Proximity as an Ethical Problem during COVID-19

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: During the COVID-19 emergency, people around the world are debating concepts like physical distancing, lockdown, and sheltering in place. The ethical significance of proximity-that is, closeness or farness as ethical qualities of relations (Strathern 2020)-is thus being newly troubled across a range of habits, practices, and personal relationships. Through five case studies from Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States, contributors to this Colloquy shed light on what the hype of the pandemic often conceals: the forms of ethical reflection, reasoning, and conduct fashioned during the pandemic.

Source: Cultural Anthropology

DOI: 10.14506/ca36.3.01

Authors: Thomas Strong, Susanna Trnka, L. L. Wynn

Institutions: National University of Ireland, Maynooth, University of Auckland, Macquarie University

Language: English

Topic: Anthropological Studies and Insights

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation, University of Auckland, Irish Research Council, Australian Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W3194419739

FWCI: 7.94

Cites: 32

Cited by: 17

Related to: 10