Revisiting 'The Plague' by Camus: Shaping the 'social absurdity' of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Asian J Psychiatr
; 54: 102291, 2020 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2149255
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 has emerged as a global health threat. The catastrophic reaction to a pandemic in spite of knowing the deadly outcomes, has been referred to as the 'social absurdity'. Such reaction creates a negativistic outlook with regard to the infection, thus contributing to chaos and preventing containment. In this article, the current pandemic of COVID-19 is revisited through the lens of Camus' 'La Peste, 1947'. The philosophical roots of social 'absurdity' during a pandemic are critically discussed in the context of death anxiety. Subsequently, ways of reshaping it are highlighted, borrowing from the theories of existentialism and positive psychology.
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Existentialism
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COVID-19
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Medicine in Literature
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Humans
Language:
English
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Asian J Psychiatr
Year:
2020
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Article
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