Coronavirus and Its Discontents by Why Theory published on 2020-03-21T23:41:18Z In this episode, Ryan and Todd discuss the political implications of the coronavirus pandemic. They lay out the differences between a natural disaster and an emergency that has a clear enemy. They explore the implications that the response to virus has for the concept of biopower and the idea that we have been reduced to bare life today. From listener and clinician Conor McCormack: Structures are key to Lacanian practice and the parameters of differential diagnoses and can currently be nicely discerned in reactions to Coronavirus. Melancholia: It doesn't matter, I'm already dead Schizophrenia: I hadn't noticed Paranoia: I knew this was going to happen Obsessional Neurosis: We'll all be ok if we follow the rules Hysteria: Who's in charge here anyway? Genre Learning Comment by DavidAPowers Todd, I really like this take on the state of emergency. 2022-02-18T22:30:08Z Comment by Alemanjuan thanks to the description I'm now able to say I'm more in line with the obsessional neurotic ok it's not a surprise I just never thought about what it would look like and that's definitely how I've approached this 2020-09-07T18:27:32Z Comment by goodoldneon Dude! You gottah mention the Breaking Bad episode with the fly in the basement lab! 2020-03-24T07:28:36Z