Interdependencies and civilization in times of covid-19

Abstract

In March 2020 the World Health Organization declared a state of pandemic by SARS-Cov-2, which required important medical and health measures as well as political stances and actions with acute consequences on the part of all affected countries. Johan Goudsblom addresses the epidemics of leprosy, plague, syphilis, and cholera, discussing possible civilizational changes. Following the same line and adding discussions centered on the Eliasian concepts of figuration, interdependence, I-identity and We-identity, this essay brings some reflections, still elaborated in the heat of the events, concerning Brazilian society.