Epidemics take place because human societies expect them and in this anticipation they adopt disturbed patterns of behaviour, disorder and violence that are dictated by fear. This behaviour leaves its traces in the biological, historical and iconographic archives, which the anthropologist can investigate in a diachronic manner. The interpretation of these patterns of social behaviour, over time and in relation to place, offers tools for investigating the present, even at global level (according to the formula of Geerz) enabling an exploration of how biological and cultural variables affect the probabilities of falling ill and dying.
CNRS, French National Centre for Scientific Research, France
Aix-Marseille University, France
Aix-Marseille University, France
CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique
EPHE, Practical School of Advanced Studies, France
Book Title
Peste: entre épidemies et sociétés
Book Subtitle
Plague: epidemics and societes
Editors
Michel Signoli, Dominique Chevé, Pascal Adalian, Gilles Boetsch, Olivier Dutour
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
412
Publication Year
2007
Copyright Information
© 2007 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-8453-489-7
ISBN Print
978-88-8453-490-3
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-8453-489-7
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-931-4
Series Title
Atti
Series ISSN
2239-3307
Series E-ISSN
2704-6230