The Covid-19 pandemic and the failure of the dominant imaginaries
This essay analyzes the crisis of the dominant imaginaries in the current context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Initially, the essay presents competition as a fundamental principle of neoliberal imaginary and contemporary processes of subjectivation to discuss the crisis of this imaginary caused worldwi...
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Universidade Estadual de Londrina
2020-08-01
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| description | This essay analyzes the crisis of the dominant imaginaries in the current context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Initially, the essay presents competition as a fundamental principle of neoliberal imaginary and contemporary processes of subjectivation to discuss the crisis of this imaginary caused worldwide by the new coronavirus. Then, the text problematizes the return to the imaginary of sovereignty, nationalist and authoritarian, as a reaction to the crisis. In conclusion, the essay defends the urgency of common and vital solidarity among individuals at the institutional, national and international levels as a way to overcome the global crisis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-29fb00a0f81d4ace9caee2a4c13defa72022-12-22T04:29:08ZengUniversidade Estadual de LondrinaMediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais2176-66652020-08-0125210.5433/2176-6665.2020v25n2p277The Covid-19 pandemic and the failure of the dominant imaginariesChristian Laval0Univeristé Paris Nanterre - UPNThis essay analyzes the crisis of the dominant imaginaries in the current context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Initially, the essay presents competition as a fundamental principle of neoliberal imaginary and contemporary processes of subjectivation to discuss the crisis of this imaginary caused worldwide by the new coronavirus. Then, the text problematizes the return to the imaginary of sovereignty, nationalist and authoritarian, as a reaction to the crisis. In conclusion, the essay defends the urgency of common and vital solidarity among individuals at the institutional, national and international levels as a way to overcome the global crisis.https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/39870Covid-19 pandemicNeoliberal imaginaryImaginary of sovereigntyCompetitionProcesses of subjectivation |
| spellingShingle | Christian Laval The Covid-19 pandemic and the failure of the dominant imaginaries Mediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais Covid-19 pandemic Neoliberal imaginary Imaginary of sovereignty Competition Processes of subjectivation |
| title | The Covid-19 pandemic and the failure of the dominant imaginaries |
| title_full | The Covid-19 pandemic and the failure of the dominant imaginaries |
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| title_short | The Covid-19 pandemic and the failure of the dominant imaginaries |
| title_sort | covid 19 pandemic and the failure of the dominant imaginaries |
| topic | Covid-19 pandemic Neoliberal imaginary Imaginary of sovereignty Competition Processes of subjectivation |
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