Viral life: Covid-19's destabilisation of our thinking

The question of life is and has been one of the most important and keenly contested questions of the modern era. What constitutes life? When does life begin? What is the essence of human life? What is the distinction, and how is this evidenced, between being alive and having life? And, whose life matters?

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Human Science Research Council SA
Published
2026-05-22
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https://doi.org/10.14749/32377959
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Digital Education and Society
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Viral life: Covid-19's destabilisation of our thinking

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Viral life: Covid-19's destabilisation of our thinking

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Abstract

The question of life is and has been one of the most important and keenly contested questions of the modern era. What constitutes life? When does life begin? What is the essence of human life? What is the distinction, and how is this evidenced, between being alive and having life? And, whose life matters?

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