
The 2021 Holberg Debate on Identity Politics: J. Butler, C. West, G.Greenwald and S. Critchley.
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The Mask and the Health Crisis
i think that this is a chance for us to rethink our commitment to individualism as part of the spirit of capitalism. i'm obligated to care for others and i would hope that they would care for me even if we don't know each other's names or don't speak each other's language. We are constantly ingesting uh other people's worlds and they are ingesting ours so i do want governments to embrace that principle but i also understand the other position that if um if this state of exception increases the powers of the state to survey to regulate to invade lives we're in trouble, he says.
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