Posocco Lorenzo, Watson Iarfhlaith
School of Sociology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Front Sociol. 2023 Feb 23;8:1086569. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1086569. eCollection 2023.
In this article the positive lessons from the coronavirus pandemic are examined, focusing on the intensive activities of solidarity at the local, national, and transnational levels, the increase in scientific cooperation, the implementation of assistance policies by states, and the various endeavors of NGOs, religious communities, private organizations, wealthy and less wealthy donors, and charities to support individuals and groups affected by it. It is argued that the pandemic is not only a tragedy that revealed some of the disintegrative processes of global risk society but is also a matchless opportunity for acknowledging what can be (and is) done in the globalized world when guided by positives such as cooperation, coordination, and solidarity. Discussing the theories of globalization, nationalism, and cosmopolitanism, with special attention to Ulrich Beck's theory of reflexive society, the core point of this article is that, considering upcoming global threats of even greater magnitude, such as climate change, potentially deadlier pandemics, and nuclear conflicts, a new world order based on cooperation, coordination and solidarity between nation-states is not only desirable but necessary for survival.
本文审视了新冠疫情带来的积极经验教训，重点关注地方、国家和跨国层面的团结行动、科学合作的增加、各国援助政策的实施，以及非政府组织、宗教团体、私人组织、贫富捐赠者和慈善机构为支持受疫情影响的个人和群体所做出的各种努力。文章认为，这场疫情不仅是一场揭示了全球风险社会某些解体过程的悲剧，也是一个无与伦比的契机，让我们认识到在全球化世界中，当以合作、协调和团结等积极因素为指引时能够（而且正在）做到的事情。在讨论全球化、民族主义和世界主义理论时，特别关注乌尔里希·贝克的反思性社会理论，本文的核心观点是，考虑到即将到来的更大规模的全球威胁，如气候变化、可能更致命的大流行病和核冲突，基于民族国家之间合作、协调和团结的新的世界秩序不仅是可取的，而且对于生存是必要的。
