On the Other Side of Science: the Coronavirus as a Social Fact and the Problem of Modernity. (The Impact of the Pandemic on Everyday Life)

Značajna nemoć znanosti i protuslovlja pokrenuta od strane koronavirusa dovela je svijet do krize koja u svojoj sveopćosti ujedinjuje i otkriva nejednakosti predlažući novo razmatranje ideje modernosti i uloge društvenih znanosti. Zapravo, raznovrsne su sociološke točke pristupa epidemiji. Kao na primjer: prekid rituala koji definiraju redoslijed socijalne interakcije zbog prakse distanciranja; širenje osjećaja kolektivnog straha (moral panics) posredstvom medija i institucija koji svoj razlog ima u potrebi kolektivnog prihvaćanja velike požrtvovnosti na individualnoj razini u vezi odnosa troškova/koristi; struktura i gustoći društvenih mreža kao prediktoru širenja zaraze. Izlaganje nudi samo neka kritična osvrtanja utemeljena na dijalektici da bi pravovaljano odgovorilo na situaciju neprekidne napetosti između načela jedinstva i podjela oko kojih se društveni svijet, zbog svoje fluidnosti neprestano preuređuje. Zasnivajući se dakle na logici društvenog poretka koja podrazumijeva da se svaka tematika, događaj ili situacija može razumjeti kao privremena točka ravnoteže između kohezivne i disperzivne društvene dinamike.The significant impotence of science and the contradictions raised by the Corona-virus as current crisis, which unites and reveals inequalities, suggests a scrutiny of the idea of modernity, with relative considerations regarding the social sciences. In fact, the sociological points of approach to the epidemic are diverse. Such as: breaking - with distancing practices – the rituals that define the order of social interaction; as well as like moral panics co-produced by the media and institutions to jointly accept very large sacrifices in terms of individual cost / benefit ratio; the structure and density of social networks as predictors of the spread of infection. The exposition offers some reflections based on dialectics, on the constant tension between the principles of unity and the division around which the social world is constantly being rearranged. The reason for such an approach is that the logic of social order (nomos) implies that any theme, event, or situation can be understood as a temporary point of balance between cohesive and divisive dynamics