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Civil and Uncivil Classes in the Light of the Pandemic: Postcolonial Perspectives on the Question of Who Cares

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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This article proposes that, in their different ways, the Arab uprisings and the pandemic of the corona virus direct our attention to the same question, this being: who cares? It revolves this question with respect to new social alignments that the pandemic has drawn attention to, with particular attention to the British context, and with respect to a critique of Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition. The article argues that while Arendt presents a hierarchical understanding of labour and work in relation to political performance, the pandemic has served to re-evaluate key labour in a context of what may be termed civil and uncivil classes. It further explores viral dynamics in colonial and postcolonial terms, especially with reference to Indian postcolonial Novels: Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance and Arundhati Roy's The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. The readings of these novels show how they engage with the civil and uncivil in class terms.

DOI

10.21608/cse.2022.66176.1103

Keywords

Civil, uncivil, class, key workers, pandemic, Colonialism, ingratitude, Care, Reciprocity

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Caroline

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Rooney

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University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NX, UK

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rooneycr@protonmail.com

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London

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2021

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2

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30225

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2021-12-01

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2021-03-04

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2021-12-01

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30

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48

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0575-1624

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2682-2504

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CSE_Volume 2021_Issue 2_Pages 30-48.pdf

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Cairo Studies in English

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Civil and Uncivil Classes in the Light of the Pandemic: Postcolonial Perspectives on the Question of Who Cares

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22 Jan 2023