Introduction: The Covid Response and the Erosion of Democracy

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures x
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Legal Disclaimer xiv
6. Introduction: The Covid Response and the Erosion of Democracy 1
7. Chapter 1: Laying the Groundwork for “Digital Authoritarianism”: Social Compliance and the Normalization of Fear 25
8. Chapter 2: Collateral Damage, Censorship, and Hubris: The Practical Reality of the Lockdown 45
9. Chapter 3: The Instrumentalization of Science and Expertise during Covid 79
10. Chapter 4: A Reckoning about the Covid Measures Is Necessary and Urgent 111
11. Conclusion: Disquieting Echoes of History, or Covid and the Liberal Left 149
12. Postscript 167
13. Bibliography 177
14. Index 179