Toward a post-COVID-19 Sociology
The surreal atmosphere of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed fault lines in trust among human beings, among countries, between citizens and governments, and it is pushing us to raise big questions about ourselves, our social relationships, and life generally. And this crisis i...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) |
| Repository: | Revista de Estudos Antiutilitaristas e Poscoloniais |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:oai.periodicos.ufpe.br:article/247827 |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/realis/article/view/247827 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | COVID-19 pandemic sociology pandemia sociologia |
| Summary: | The surreal atmosphere of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed fault lines in trust among human beings, among countries, between citizens and governments, and it is pushing us to raise big questions about ourselves, our social relationships, and life generally. And this crisis is not just limited to public and environmental health or the economy –what we are witnessing is a moment of truth regarding the crisis of late modernity and its capitalist system on a broad, overarching scale. Tasks are of two sorts: ones that are urgent for now, and others that are important for tomorrow. First, in order to unpack the social origins and to understand the magnitude of the impacts COVID-19 has had, and continues to have, to understand how the upward curve of infection can be flattened, to gain insight as to how to deal most effectively with the consequences of social distancing, and to properly study the immediate measures required to alleviate the consequence for those who have lost their work, it is urgent for scientists in all fields to collaborate with one another. Second, we need to understand the conspiracy theories and fake news around COVID-19, and to seek ways of mitigating the increasing discrimination against foreigners and refugees, including rising stereotypes against Chinese, and to those being accused for “bringing the virus”. This global crisis may have prompted fresh strategies to reinforce exploitation, dispossession, and our neoliberal capitalism, and increased the reach of our greed and selfishness, but it has also given us an opportunity to explore and provide new way of understanding and reclaiming our social justice and humanity. |
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