Coronavirus, crisis and critique
The Covid-19 pandemic does not mark an epochal change and coronavirus is not an exogenous shock. What we are currently experiencing as a crisis are the destructive effects of globalized capitalism and its "normal" mode of reproduction. It is also not true that the political management of t...
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| description | The Covid-19 pandemic does not mark an epochal change and coronavirus is not an exogenous shock. What we are currently experiencing as a crisis are the destructive effects of globalized capitalism and its "normal" mode of reproduction. It is also not true that the political management of the crisis has put the protection of life above all other rationalities, including the economic one. Rather, it is clear that all the governments of the affected countries have been highly selective in defining which lives are worthy of protection and which are not. In this scenario, sociology faces a double challenge: it must denationalize once and for all its analyzes and offensively play the role of a socially committed science. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-299132020-08-25T19:03:27Z Coronavirus, crisis and critique Coronavirus, crisis y crítica Lessenich, Stephan Lessenich, Stephan Lessenich, Stephan Capitalism Democracy Social Inequalities Biopolitics Second order Crisis capitalismo democracia desigualdades sociales biopolítica crisis de segundo orden The Covid-19 pandemic does not mark an epochal change and coronavirus is not an exogenous shock. What we are currently experiencing as a crisis are the destructive effects of globalized capitalism and its "normal" mode of reproduction. It is also not true that the political management of the crisis has put the protection of life above all other rationalities, including the economic one. Rather, it is clear that all the governments of the affected countries have been highly selective in defining which lives are worthy of protection and which are not. In this scenario, sociology faces a double challenge: it must denationalize once and for all its analyzes and offensively play the role of a socially committed science. La pandemia del Covid-19 no marca un cambio epocal y el coronavirus no es un shock exógeno. Lo que vivenciamos actualmente como crisis son los efectos destructivos del capitalismo globalizado y su modo “normal” de reproducción. Tampoco es cierto que la gestión política de la crisis haya puesto la protección de la vida por sobre todas las otras racionalidades, incluida la económica. Antes bien, es claro que todos los gobiernos de los países afectados han procedido de manera altamente selectiva a la hora de definir qué vidas son dignas de protección y cuáles no. Ante esta situación, la sociología se enfrenta a un doble desafío: debe desnacionalizar de una vez por todas sus análisis y desempeñar ofensivamente el rol de una ciencia socialmente comprometida. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2020-08-25 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículos revisados por pares application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/29913 10.55441/1668.7515.n25.29913 Astrolabio; No. 25 (2020): Julio - Diciembre: "La crisis mundial del COVID-19: sociologías, feminismos y sociedad mundial"; 146-164 Astrolabio; Núm. 25 (2020): Julio - Diciembre: "La crisis mundial del COVID-19: sociologías, feminismos y sociedad mundial"; 146-164 Astrolabio; n. 25 (2020): Julio - Diciembre: "La crisis mundial del COVID-19: sociologías, feminismos y sociedad mundial"; 146-164 1668-7515 10.55441/1668.7515.n25 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/29913/30832 Derechos de autor 2020 Stephan Lessenich https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
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