POPULISM VS COVID-19. CIVILIZING AND DECIVILIZING PROCESSES IN A TIME OF GLOBAL CATASTROPHE

Autor:	Daisy Lutyens, John Pratt
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Anthropology Elias decivilizing COVID-19 populism Social Sciences (miscellaneous) civilizing
Zdroj:	Sociologia & Antropologia v.12 n.1 2022 Sociologia & Antropologia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) instacron:UFRJ
ISSN:	2238-3875 2236-7527
DOI:	10.1590/2238-38752022v1214
Popis:	What constitutes a “civilized society”? The Oxford Dictionary defines it as one that has reached “an advanced stage of human development in which people […] behave well towards each other and share a common culture.” Yes, but there is more to “being civilized” than this. Based on Norbert Elias’ The Civilizing Process, this paper examines how the rise of populism in leading Anglo-American societies has undermined many of the essential attributes of civilized societies. Although the emergence of COVID-19 further added to this decivilizing process, COVID-19 and populism oppose each other. The former shows the empty promises and fraud of the latter, which can only be defeated by belief in science and a strong (but accountable) central state authority. Despite damaging individuals and societies, COVID-19 ironically helps strengthen the civilising process and weaken populism.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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