Covid-19 and the Future of Western Civilisation
Covid-19 and the Future of Western Civilisation
Author(s): Gordon CameronSubject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Sociology, Culture and social structure , Health and medicine and law
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Covid-19; coronavirus; Western Civilisation; sociality;disease;
Summary/Abstract: Civilisation is in many ways the apotheosis of the human social impulse, good and bad, and, whatever happens, the Age of Coronavirus is going to shape the western version of this shared culture profoundly. This article reviews the way in which human sociality has shaped human disease and vice-versa and offers three idealised possible futures for Western Civilisation that Covid-19 might produce.
Journal: Roczniki Kulturoznawcze
- Issue Year: 11/2020
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 15-31
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English