EPISODE · Jan 8, 2024 · 23 MIN
The Trauma of Long Covid | with Vivienne Matthies-Boon
from In a Nutshell · host Jara Majerus, Antonia Leise | Vox
What makes Long Covid traumatic? Which role do politics and society play in this? And why should we follow the Germans? The seventh episode of In A Nutshell is all about Long Covid. This week’s guest Vivienne Matthies-Boon will tell us about her personal struggle with the sickness and about how her experience has been heavily affected by political structures. Vivienne Matthies-Boon is a professor of Philosophical Ethics and Political Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies. Her primary interests are phenomenological experiences of injustice and in her work, she deals with fragility, trauma, death, illness, and health. In her newest research, Vivienne examines Long Covid through her philosophical lens and elaborately explains how and why the sickness is traumatic. Do you want to know more about Long Covid and trauma? Follow Vivienne’s tip and watch 'Unrest' by Jennifer Brea or read up on Long Covid here https://www.bmg-longcovid.de/. Edit: Jara Majerus Cover: Antonia Leise
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What makes Long Covid traumatic? Which role do politics and society play in this? And why should we follow the Germans? The seventh episode of In A Nutshell is all about Long Covid. This week’s guest Vivienne Matthies-Boon will tell us about her personal struggle with the sickness and about how her experience has been heavily affected by political structures. Vivienne Matthies-Boon is a professor of Philosophical Ethics and Political Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies. Her primary interests are phenomenological experiences of injustice and in her work, she deals with fragility, trauma, death, illness, and health. In her newest research, Vivienne examines Long Covid through her philosophical lens and elaborately explains how and why the sickness is traumatic. Do you want to know more about Long Covid and trauma? Follow Vivienne’s tip and watch 'Unrest' by Jennifer Brea or read up on Long Covid here https://www.bmg-longcovid.de/. Edit: Jara Majerus Cover: Antonia Leise
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