Dan Degerman is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bristol.Matthew Flinders is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield.Matthew Johnson is Professor of Public Policy at Northumbria University.

“A fascinating analysis of the politics of emotions, especially fear, and how it shaped responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, for better (health warnings) or worse (populism and conspiracy theories).” Andy Alaszewski, University of Kent

• Introduction: Toward a New Politics of Fear – Dan Degerman, Matthew Flinders and Matthew Johnson1. Crisis Communication and Crisis Management During COVID-19 – Ruth Wodak2. Nozick, the Pandemic and Fear: A Contractualist Justification of the COVID-19 Lockdown – Elias Moser3. The Pandemic, Freedom and Fear: A Reply to Moser – Peter Jones4. Castration Anxiety, COVID-19 and the Extremist Right – Claudia Leeb5. A Reply to Castration Anxiety, COVID-19 and the Extremist Right by Claudia Leeb – Noëlle McAfee6. Politics of Fear in Brazil: Far-Right Conspiracy Theories on COVID-19 – Isabela Kalil, Sofia Cherto Silveira, Weslei Pinheiro, Álex Kalil, João Vicente Pereira, Wiverson Azarias, Ana Beatriz Amparo7. ‘Fora, Bolsonaro genocida!’: COVID- 19 Conspiracy Theories, Neo- Nationalism and Neoliberal Necropolitics in Brazil. A Reply to Kalil et al – Rodrigo Borba8. Fear and the Importance of Race-Based Data in COVID-19 Policy Implementation – Leland Harper9. The Collective Disorientation of the COVID-19 Crisis – Pablo Fernández Velasco, Bastien Perroy, Roberto Casati10. Disorientation, Distrust and the Pandemic: A Reply to Fernandez Velasco et al – Matthew Ratcliffe11. Orientation, Disorientation, Reorientation: A Reply to Fernández Velasco, Perroy and Casati – Marcella Schmidt Di Friedberg12. Obedience in Times of COVID-19 Pandemics: A Renewed Governmentality of Unease? - Didier Bigo, Elspeth Guild, Elif Mendos Kuskonmaz13. What Is the New Governmentality of the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Reply to Bigo et al – Kaspar Villadsen14. Lockdown: A Case Study in How To Lose Trust and Undermine Compliance – Paul Faulkner15. Lockdown, Breakdown and Trust: A Reply to Paul Faulkner – Philip Pettit17. Fear, Pathogens and Political Order – Richard Ned Lebow

Dan Degerman is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bristol.Matthew Flinders is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield.Matthew Johnson is Professor of Public Policy at Northumbria University.

“A fascinating analysis of the politics of emotions, especially fear, and how it shaped responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, for better (health warnings) or worse (populism and conspiracy theories).” Andy Alaszewski, University of Kent

• Introduction: Toward a New Politics of Fear – Dan Degerman, Matthew Flinders and Matthew Johnson1. Crisis Communication and Crisis Management During COVID-19 – Ruth Wodak2. Nozick, the Pandemic and Fear: A Contractualist Justification of the COVID-19 Lockdown – Elias Moser3. The Pandemic, Freedom and Fear: A Reply to Moser – Peter Jones4. Castration Anxiety, COVID-19 and the Extremist Right – Claudia Leeb5. A Reply to Castration Anxiety, COVID-19 and the Extremist Right by Claudia Leeb – Noëlle McAfee6. Politics of Fear in Brazil: Far-Right Conspiracy Theories on COVID-19 – Isabela Kalil, Sofia Cherto Silveira, Weslei Pinheiro, Álex Kalil, João Vicente Pereira, Wiverson Azarias, Ana Beatriz Amparo7. ‘Fora, Bolsonaro genocida!’: COVID- 19 Conspiracy Theories, Neo- Nationalism and Neoliberal Necropolitics in Brazil. A Reply to Kalil et al – Rodrigo Borba8. Fear and the Importance of Race-Based Data in COVID-19 Policy Implementation – Leland Harper9. The Collective Disorientation of the COVID-19 Crisis – Pablo Fernández Velasco, Bastien Perroy, Roberto Casati10. Disorientation, Distrust and the Pandemic: A Reply to Fernandez Velasco et al – Matthew Ratcliffe11. Orientation, Disorientation, Reorientation: A Reply to Fernández Velasco, Perroy and Casati – Marcella Schmidt Di Friedberg12. Obedience in Times of COVID-19 Pandemics: A Renewed Governmentality of Unease? - Didier Bigo, Elspeth Guild, Elif Mendos Kuskonmaz13. What Is the New Governmentality of the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Reply to Bigo et al – Kaspar Villadsen14. Lockdown: A Case Study in How To Lose Trust and Undermine Compliance – Paul Faulkner15. Lockdown, Breakdown and Trust: A Reply to Paul Faulkner – Philip Pettit17. Fear, Pathogens and Political Order – Richard Ned Lebow

Dan Degerman is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bristol.Matthew Flinders is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield.Matthew Johnson is Professor of Public Policy at Northumbria University.

“A fascinating analysis of the politics of emotions, especially fear, and how it shaped responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, for better (health warnings) or worse (populism and conspiracy theories).” Andy Alaszewski, University of Kent

• Introduction: Toward a New Politics of Fear – Dan Degerman, Matthew Flinders and Matthew Johnson1. Crisis Communication and Crisis Management During COVID-19 – Ruth Wodak2. Nozick, the Pandemic and Fear: A Contractualist Justification of the COVID-19 Lockdown – Elias Moser3. The Pandemic, Freedom and Fear: A Reply to Moser – Peter Jones4. Castration Anxiety, COVID-19 and the Extremist Right – Claudia Leeb5. A Reply to Castration Anxiety, COVID-19 and the Extremist Right by Claudia Leeb – Noëlle McAfee6. Politics of Fear in Brazil: Far-Right Conspiracy Theories on COVID-19 – Isabela Kalil, Sofia Cherto Silveira, Weslei Pinheiro, Álex Kalil, João Vicente Pereira, Wiverson Azarias, Ana Beatriz Amparo7. ‘Fora, Bolsonaro genocida!’: COVID- 19 Conspiracy Theories, Neo- Nationalism and Neoliberal Necropolitics in Brazil. A Reply to Kalil et al – Rodrigo Borba8. Fear and the Importance of Race-Based Data in COVID-19 Policy Implementation – Leland Harper9. The Collective Disorientation of the COVID-19 Crisis – Pablo Fernández Velasco, Bastien Perroy, Roberto Casati10. Disorientation, Distrust and the Pandemic: A Reply to Fernandez Velasco et al – Matthew Ratcliffe11. Orientation, Disorientation, Reorientation: A Reply to Fernández Velasco, Perroy and Casati – Marcella Schmidt Di Friedberg12. Obedience in Times of COVID-19 Pandemics: A Renewed Governmentality of Unease? - Didier Bigo, Elspeth Guild, Elif Mendos Kuskonmaz13. What Is the New Governmentality of the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Reply to Bigo et al – Kaspar Villadsen14. Lockdown: A Case Study in How To Lose Trust and Undermine Compliance – Paul Faulkner15. Lockdown, Breakdown and Trust: A Reply to Paul Faulkner – Philip Pettit17. Fear, Pathogens and Political Order – Richard Ned Lebow