All Is Well: Catastrophe and the Making of the Normal State by Saptarishi Bandopadhyay

Authors

Tianchu Gao, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University (Student Author)

Document Type

Book Review

Abstract

AS PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS REGARDING the COVID-19 pandemic have ebbed, the media and politicians portrayed this change as a “return to normal.” Indeed, the pandemic years are seen as a state of exception from the normal condition. However, Saptarishi Bandopadhyay’s monograph, All Is Well: Catastrophe and the Making of the Normal State (“All Is Well”), questions the idea that disasters are exceptional events, and examines how this narrative can strengthen the power of the state.

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Gao, Tianchu. "All Is Well: Catastrophe and the Making of the Normal State by Saptarishi Bandopadhyay." Osgoode Hall Law Journal 61.1 (2024) : 335-339.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.60082/2817-5069.3985
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol61/iss1/9