The COVID-19 pandemic and the bounds of grief

Richardson, Louise, Ratcliffe, Matthew, Millar, Becky and Byrne, Eleanor 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic and the bounds of grief. Think: Philosophy for everyone 20 (57) , pp. 89-101. 10.1017/S1477175620000366

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Abstract

This article addresses the question of whether certain experiences that originate in causes other than bereavement are properly termed ‘grief’. To do so, we focus on widespread experiences of grief that have been reported during the Covid-19 pandemic. We consider two potential objections to a more permissive use of the term: (i) grief is, by definition, a response to a death; (ii) grief is subject to certain norms that apply only to the case of bereavement. Having shown that these objections are unconvincing, we sketch a positive case for a conception of grief that is not specific to bereavement, by noting some features that grief following bereavement shares with other experiences of loss.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	1477-1756
Last Modified:	14 Mar 2024 17:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/167167

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