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This paper offers a comparative textual analysis of the different states of exception declared in the USA, France, and Spain. I argue that these texts constitute <jats:italic>a privileged site to explore how prevalent global political logics and mainstream discourses on illness are interwoven<\/jats:italic>. Regarding the global political logics in play, I hold that these declarations constitute an instantiation of democracy\u2019s autoimmune character; it attacks itself in order to protect itself. Regarding mainstream discourses on illness, I explore how illness is regarded as a threat to one\u2019s <jats:italic>self<\/jats:italic> (by something seemingly <jats:italic>other<\/jats:italic>) and the notion that therapy must consist of securing the self\u2019s <jats:italic>triumph<\/jats:italic> over anything seemingly other. This twofold analysis reveals that an aporetic dialectic between self and other\u2014as regards politics and illness\u2014operates in these declarations, most likely because it is, in fact, one and the same dialectic, upon which Western epistemology rests. Furthermore, I suggest that these texts <jats:italic>reflect<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>promote<\/jats:italic> these dominant logics, contributing to shape human relationships around the globe in a certain dangerous way.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1007\/s10912-024-09856-y","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,26]],"date-time":"2024-06-26T03:39:51Z","timestamp":1719373191000},"page":"181-192","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Global Political Logics and Mainstream Discourses on Illness in the Declarations of the State of Exception in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Case of the USA, France, and Spain"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"46","author":[{"given":"Mar","family":"Ros\u00e0s Tosas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"9856_CR1","unstructured":"Agamben, Giorgio. 1998. 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