SARS and the City 21st century epidemics and the anti-Modern imagination
In the cultural and spatial imagination the notion of disease as a marker of impurity has a long and evolving history. Medieval Christians, for example, interpreted strictly the injunction in Leviticus against consorting with lepers who were‘unclean’:"He shall be impure as long as the disease i...
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| description | In the cultural and spatial imagination the notion of disease as a marker of impurity has a long and evolving history. Medieval Christians, for example, interpreted strictly the injunction in Leviticus against consorting with lepers who were‘unclean’:"He shall be impure as long as the disease is on him. Being impure, he shall dwell apart; his dwelling shall be outside the camp."1 The mid-nineteenth century, however, marked a significant turning point in society’s understanding and response to the threat posed by disease. With the Enlightenment fostering an increasingly scientific understanding of diseases, the Modern age confidence in city building generated vast infrastructure programmes such as the Cholera defying sewage systems and coincided with a transformation in confidence that society could shape the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45426229f2bc443ebeb39e8ea739a3c82022-12-21T22:47:17Zengprofessionaldreamerslo Squaderno1973-91412015-06-0110361922SARS and the City 21st century epidemics and the anti-Modern imaginationAlastair Donald0free lanceIn the cultural and spatial imagination the notion of disease as a marker of impurity has a long and evolving history. Medieval Christians, for example, interpreted strictly the injunction in Leviticus against consorting with lepers who were‘unclean’:"He shall be impure as long as the disease is on him. Being impure, he shall dwell apart; his dwelling shall be outside the camp."1 The mid-nineteenth century, however, marked a significant turning point in society’s understanding and response to the threat posed by disease. With the Enlightenment fostering an increasingly scientific understanding of diseases, the Modern age confidence in city building generated vast infrastructure programmes such as the Cholera defying sewage systems and coincided with a transformation in confidence that society could shape the future.http://www.losquaderno.professionaldreamers.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/losquaderno36.pdf#page=19Impure spaceslo Squaderno No. 36 |
| spellingShingle | Alastair Donald SARS and the City 21st century epidemics and the anti-Modern imagination lo Squaderno Impure spaces lo Squaderno No. 36 |
| title | SARS and the City 21st century epidemics and the anti-Modern imagination |
| title_full | SARS and the City 21st century epidemics and the anti-Modern imagination |
| title_fullStr | SARS and the City 21st century epidemics and the anti-Modern imagination |
| title_full_unstemmed | SARS and the City 21st century epidemics and the anti-Modern imagination |
| title_short | SARS and the City 21st century epidemics and the anti-Modern imagination |
| title_sort | sars and the city 21st century epidemics and the anti modern imagination |
| topic | Impure spaces lo Squaderno No. 36 |
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