Covid-19 and Shame: Political Emotions and Public Health in the UK Cooper Fred
Covid-19 and Shame: Political Emotions and Public Health in the UK Cooper Fred This open access book examines the various ways that shame, shaming and stigma became an integral part of the United…
Specifikacia Covid-19 and Shame: Political Emotions and Public Health in the UK Cooper Fred
Covid-19 and Shame: Political Emotions and Public Health in the UK Cooper Fred
This open access book examines the various ways that shame, shaming and stigma became an integral part of the United Kingdom's public health response to COVID-19 during 2020.As the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded in 2020, it quickly became clear that experiences of shame, shaming and stigma dominated personal and public life. Interventions by the UK government maximised rather than minimized these phenomena. From healthcare workers insulted in the streets to anti-Asian racism, the online shaming of "Covidiots" to the identification of the "lepers of Leicester", public animus about the pandemic found scapegoats for its frustrations.
Instead of developing robust strategies to address shame, the government's healthcare policies and rhetoric seemed to exacerbate experiences of shame, shaming and stigma, relying on a language and logic that intensified oppositional, antagonistic thinking,