BEYOND CORONAVIRUS: NATURE, TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN IDENTITY

TitleBEYOND CORONAVIRUS: NATURE, TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN IDENTITY
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsAnnarumma, M
JournalProblems of Psychology in the 21st Century
Volume14
Issue1
Start Page4-6
PaginationContinuous
Date PublishedJune/2020
Type of ArticleEditorial
ISSN2029-8587
Other NumbersE-ISSN 2538-7197
KeywordsCoronavirus pandemic, human identity, technological developments
Abstract

The great catastrophes of humanity – be it the plague of 1347 or that of 1629, the Spanish flu of 1918, the tsunami of 2004, the Coronavirus of 2020 – are all showing that, despite scientific progress or the arrogance of the "Promethean syndrome", the human being is constantly in danger. Violently and unexpectedly dropped in an atypical situation, which has subverted values and annihilated ancient certainties, we keep convincing ourselves that nothing will be the same. We try to hypothesize scenarios, outline reference frames, look ahead to the future. Probably, after the first months of austerity, of virtuous assertions about moral commitments to restore the frugality of customs as well as considerations about the sense of death and destiny, we will be carried away by the joy of having survived and we just would like to forget what happened. We will be rejecting the memory of suffering, bereavement, hospitals and intensive care. We will try to forget painful traces and go back to saying yes to life.

URLhttps://journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/article?articleId=2539622
DOI10.33225/ppc/20.14.04
Refereed DesignationRefereed
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