Outputs (2)

‘Circulus Vitiosus Deus’: The Death Drive Now and Then (2022)
Journal Article
Featherstone. (2022). ‘Circulus Vitiosus Deus’: The Death Drive Now and Then

Starting from an exploration of Freud’s notion of the Death Drive and applying it to our times (said to have arrived at the End of History) this contribution argues that our contemporary thanatological moment does still offer, against all odds, the p... Read More about ‘Circulus Vitiosus Deus’: The Death Drive Now and Then.

Viral Law: Life, Death, Difference, and Indifference from the Spanish Flu to Covid-19 (2022)
Journal Article
Featherstone. (2022). Viral Law: Life, Death, Difference, and Indifference from the Spanish Flu to Covid-19. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 35, pages1019–1037. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-022-09893-7

What is viral law? In order to being my discussion, I note that the last two years have been extremely difficult to understand and that we, meaning those who have lived through the pandemic, have struggled to make sense. Thus, I make the argument tha... Read More about Viral Law: Life, Death, Difference, and Indifference from the Spanish Flu to Covid-19.