Affiliation:
1. Philosophy Department, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila 1016, Philippines
Abstract
Abstract
Some studies indirectly link the pandemic to the Anthropocene. However, this brief essay identifies the Anthropocene as a Western-bred phenomenon, which has evolved from Europe’s colonial past. Pandemics are not new to settler colonialism, for instance. In this broader framework, the Covid-19 pandemic comes at a time when the West is confronting a new challenge to its global influence, i.e. the climate emergency resulting from a long history of colonial experiments, successes and failures.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,General Medicine
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