Zombies everywhere

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Article for the Belgian (Flemish) newspaper De Standaard. Even though Albert Camus' The Plague is being reread voraciously in our Covid days, perhaps Ionesco's The Rhinoceros serves as a better portrait of our days: the resistance against Covid measure (like social distance) collides with the ever growing rhino-idea that true freedom and authenticity means being able to do exactly what I want at any moment.

Period22 Sept 2020

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Media contributions

  • TitleZombies everywhere
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletDe Standaard
    Media typePrint
    Duration/Length/Size900 words
    Country/TerritoryBelgium
    Date22/09/20
    DescriptionArticle for the Belgian (Flemish) newspaper De Standaard. Even though Albert Camus' The Plague is being reread voraciously in our Covid days, perhaps Ionesco's The Rhinoceros serves as a better portrait of our days: the resistance against Covid measure (like social distance) collides with the ever growing rhino-idea that true freedom and authenticity means being able to do exactly what I want at any moment.
    Producer/AuthorTom Hannes
    URLhttps://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20200921_97576190
    PersonsTom Hannes
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Keywords

  • Albert Camus
  • The Plague
  • Eugene Ionesco
  • The Rhinoceros
  • Covid
  • Social distance
  • Zombie