Plaidoyer pro globální sociologii v době koronaviru
A plea for global sociology in times of the coronavirus

Summary/Abstract: The article, originally published in English in April this year at the time of the global culmination of the coronavirus pandemic, reflects on the challenges presented to society and, especially, to sociologists by the covid-19 outbreak. The author points to the process of deglobalisation, which has even temporarily affected the social sciences, and advocates a more global sociology in the future. According to the author, this does not mean sociology limiting itself to macroanalysis and methodological globalism; on the contrary, the author emphasises the importance of obtaining empirical and analytical knowledge from different regions. The article goes on to comment on four important thematic areas in which the social sciences have, to date, reflected the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, highlighting the related important policy aspects. Among other things, the author expresses concern that the pandemic has the potential to reinforce authoritarian tendencies through the application of biopolitics based on new technologies and artificial intelligence.

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