Finally! This guy gets it. So, like, remember when I was dubious of the AIDS epidemic a while back? I said towards the end of that post that the concept of passing AIDS as an epidemic was merely a tool to bring about a desired moral change in our population’s behavior.
Well, Philip Alcabes goes into more detail about other epidemics (and explains these matters much better than I could) and how they...Well. Here. You can look at it on amazon. Look inside the book and check out the first pages.
I’m getting this as soon as it comes out in paperback.
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Thanks for the careful read of *Dread.* I'm a poet and professor of English, and I think the book is genius: cultural history, social analysis, scientific detail. Full disclosure, I'm a friend of Philip Alcabes so I say, buy the hardcover now. You'll only be spending about $5 more and you'll join those of us ahead of the curve.
Thank you, Judith! I appreciate your comment. Certainly, when you put it that way, $5 extra is worth it. This is subject matter that I’m definitely interested in.
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