"The post-antibiotic apocalypse" and the "war on superbugs": catastrophe discourse in microbiology, its rhetorical form and political function

Discourses evoking an antibiotic apocalypse and a war on superbugs are emerging just at a time when so-called "catastrophe discourses" are undergoing critical and reflexive scrutiny in the context of global warming and climate change. This article combines insights from social science rese...

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Main Authors: Nerlich, Brigitte, James, Richard
Format: Article
Published: Sage 2009
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1296/