title: [Mechanisms of power in disease: the case of the novel "The Plague" by Albert Camus].
abstract: This paper explores the elements of power that can be found in an epidemic like the plague. To undertake this task we first studied, the form of containment of the plague from a historical perspective and then, compare them with those described by Camus in his novel The Plague. We also studied the experience of sin among humans in an effort to determine divine power. This last point explores the fear of being touched during an epidemic and how this is overcome by the innate feeling of love among men. Finally in the novel, this is illustrated by the love of Orpheus for Eurydice.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España. hernandezmansilla@gmail.com
authors.forename: José Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hernández-Mansilla
mesh_terms: D004324:Drama; D008093:Literature, Modern; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D010930:Plague / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011209:Power, Psychological