The Sciences Po campus in Menton is pleased to invite you to the presentation of Gaëtan Thomas’s latest book, Vaccination: History of a consent, published by Éditions du Seuil (2024).
The Sciences Po campus in Menton is pleased to invite you to the presentation of Gaëtan Thomas’s latest book, Vaccination: History of a consent, published by Éditions du Seuil (2024). This presentation will take place on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 from 6:30 pm in the Richard Descoings amphitheatre.
“While vaccine mistrust regularly makes headlines, behavioural observation shows a completely different reality with very high vaccination rates in the French population. How do we explain this apparent paradox and what does it say about the relationship between individuals and medical authority?” Tracing the history of vaccination in France since the end of the Second World War, Gaëtan Thomas investigates the scientific work, the changes in health power and the influence of international organizations. During this period, vaccination changes scale, both in terms of the number of people vaccinated and the pathologies covered. The consent of individuals, now at the forefront of the defence of collective health, poses a major challenge to physicians and politicians who implement a series of strategies to ensure it” (Seuil, 2024)
Gaëtan Thomas, historian and member of Cermes3 and Médialab, teaches at Sciences Po Paris. He co-authored the Atlas historique des epidemies (Autrement, 2023). He has also edited and translated the works of two art critics related to the cultural history of AIDS: Douglas Crimp (Pictures, translated with Nicolas Paul, Le Point du jour, 2016) and Craig Owens (Le Discours des autres, Pas l'hiver, 2022).
“While vaccine mistrust regularly makes headlines, behavioural observation shows a completely different reality with very high vaccination rates in the French population. How do we explain this apparent paradox and what does it say about the relationship between individuals and medical authority?” Tracing the history of vaccination in France since the end of the Second World War, Gaëtan Thomas investigates the scientific work, the changes in health power and the influence of international organizations. During this period, vaccination changes scale, both in terms of the number of people vaccinated and the pathologies covered. The consent of individuals, now at the forefront of the defence of collective health, poses a major challenge to physicians and politicians who implement a series of strategies to ensure it” (Seuil, 2024)
Gaëtan Thomas, historian and member of Cermes3 and Médialab, teaches at Sciences Po Paris. He co-authored the Atlas historique des epidemies (Autrement, 2023). He has also edited and translated the works of two art critics related to the cultural history of AIDS: Douglas Crimp (Pictures, translated with Nicolas Paul, Le Point du jour, 2016) and Craig Owens (Le Discours des autres, Pas l'hiver, 2022).
