Lessons from an unfolding emergency

Eurozine

Cultural Journal/Kulturní časopis

Jiří Přibáň   The pandemic prompts fundamental questions. How do we define society’s relationship to nature? How resilient are our democracies to the abuse of emergency powers? How far can science dictate political decision-making? And will the primacy of the economy remain unassailable? If you are going to get infected with anything, pray it’s laughter, the very best vaccine against mass hysteria. This laughter is so much more than simply mocking the ineptitude of politicians. There is, within it, a human response to the roar of nature reminding us that we are part of it, not its sovereign masters. Many believed that the voice of nature had fallen so silent that its mouthpiece was destined to be a Swedish schoolgirl

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published: 5. 6. 2020

Datum publikace:
5. 6. 2020
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Eurozine