Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Foreword xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. INTRODUCTION. Allegorizing the World 1
6. CHAPTER 1. Indignation and Injustice 27
7. CHAPTER 2. The Significances of Suffering 52
8. CHAPTER 3. Diverging Parables of Progress 75
9. CHAPTER 4. Dystopian Modernization 102
10. CHAPTER 5. Globalizing Crises, Pandemics, and Norms 123
11. CHAPTER 6. Inequality, Democracy, and Health Rights 148
12. CHAPTER 7. Power, Politics, and Knowledge 175
13. CONCLUSIONS. Turning Toward the World We Want 202
14. Notes 225
15. Index 269