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Are We at War? The Rhetoric of War in the Coronavirus Pandemic


Are We at War? The Rhetoric of War in the Coronavirus Pandemic

We are not at war against the virus. As Annamaria Testa remarks, we cannot be at war with the coronavirus because it is not an enemy.

“We are at war”: The military rhetoric of COVID-19 in cross-cultural ...

This contribution discusses how the word “war” and the war-like metaphors were mobilized in public and political discourses to define the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We are at war”: The military rhetoric of COVID-19 in cross-cultural ...

We will analyze critically the communicative strategies enacted and the political agenda that they have meant to serve in Italy, Bulgaria, and Ukraine.

"We are at war": The military rhetoric of COVID-19 in cross-cultural ...

At the outburst of the COVID-19 pandemic and all throughout its continuation in 2020 and 2021, the metaphor of 'war' has been one of the ...

(PDF) “We are at war”: The military rhetoric of COVID-19 in cross ...

By the same token, metaphors have been used extensively in the discourse on the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper examines the WAR metaphor as a framing and ...

The virus doesn't understand war rhetoric: Why the 'strong-man ...

Many politicians have used 'war rhetoric' in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to communicate the severity of the crisis to the ...

"War on Covid" rhetoric does little to shape public attitudes in a ...

In new research we find that using the war metaphor to discuss COVID-19 does little to affect public attitudes about the pandemic, at least in the current ...

COVID WAR(S)? THE INFLUENCE OF MILITARY RHETORIC ON ...

In Romania, President Klaus. Iohannis declared on March 20, 2020, that. “we are in the midst of a full-fledged war for preserving humanity's health” (Radio.

5 The Pandemic as a Crossroads: Problematizing the Narrative of War

In the pandemic war narrative, there are four groups of actors that play the role of soldier: first, the coronavirus; second, healthcare workers ...

Militarized Rhetoric and Attitudes Toward Essential Workers During ...

We find that the war metaphor has minimal effects on public attitudes toward policies and individual actions in response to the pandemic.

Are we at 'war' with coronavirus? - The Washington Post

Martial rhetoric comes easily to many politicians. But some public health experts argue the wartime narratives obscure the reality of the ...

Soldiering a pandemic: the threat of militarized rhetoric in ...

Promote cross-border solidarity and (a return to) internationalism. By removing war rhetoric, we can move from heightened nationalistic hoarding ...

War on COVID: Warfare and its Discontents - UCLA Law Review

This Essay critically analyzes the wartime framing that both Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden relied upon in fighting a “War on COVID ...

COVID-19 And The Casualties Of War Rhetoric - Worldcrunch

Are we "at war" with COVID-19? That's what we might believe from a quick tour of the planet's most powerful leaders, from the presidents of the United ...

War Metaphors (What Are They Good For?) - Sage Journals

During the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders and society at large invoked militarized rhetoric and war metaphors to elevate essential workers and ...

Does the COVID-19 war metaphor influence reasoning? | PLOS ONE

In recent times, many alarm bells have begun to sound: the metaphorical presentation of the COVID-19 emergency as a war might be dangerous, because it could ...

The problem with saying we're "at war" with the coronavirus

Building support for human rights and dignity has taken on new urgency in the middle of the global COVID-19 crisis. Yet, as the number of ...

The Fog of COVID-19 War Propaganda by Nina L. Khrushcheva

They are not alone. Many political leaders are hoping that the din of war rhetoric will drown out public discussion of their failures in ...

Coronavirus and the language of war - New Statesman

Are we at war with Covid-19? The everyday language used to describe the pandemic suggests this is the case. It is portrayed as a battle ...

No, this is not a war: the problem with military rhetoric in the ... - Varsity

The comparison between wartime and the coronavirus pandemic saturates the media, government briefings and conversations alike.


A Journal of the Plague Year

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A Journal of the Plague Year: Being Observations or Memorials, Of the most Remarkable Occurrences, As well Publick as Private, which happened in London During the last Great Visitation In 1665, commonly called A Journal of the Plague Year, is a book by Daniel Defoe, first published in March 1722.