From the Faceless Pandemic

Garcia, Emilio Sierra (2022) From the Faceless Pandemic. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Transformative Ideas in A Changing World-The Global Solidarity Crisis. The Global Solidarity Crisis, 1, 1. pp. 85-92. ISSN 2987-2596

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Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic that the vast majority of countries on our planet have suffered has caused and revealed serious effects on the society in which we live. The conception of the person as relational or not, the theme of presence and digitization, love, death and personal relationships speak of a collapse in what refers to the conception of life. The essence of life, of which Thoureau spoke, has become the maintenance of optimal health, even if we do not know what for. We seek a healthy life in the first place, and in third or fourth place, a meaningful life. This fact introduces a profound contradiction into the core of our existence: what is the point of living a healthy life if it is meaningless? It has been demonstrated that a healthy but meaningless life produces depression and anxiety. The same pharmaceutical companies that manufacture vaccines are the ones that sell anxiolytics. I think of all those people who for many days, like myself, arrive home after work, healthy and meaningless. This conference is about social media and Relationships in times of pandemic. The fact of the use of the mask, the consequent mystification of the eyes andthe loss of the face, the mass vaccination, the loneliness that bursts into us and our relationships sifted by the screens have clear consequences in the selfunderstanding that the human being has of himself and in his relationships. The faceless pandemic has changed the face of the earth. Keywords Pandemic, Human being, Relationships, Social media.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Philosophy
Divisions:	Proceeding > Faculty of Philosophy
Depositing User:	Kristoforus Sri Ratulayn Kino Nara
Date Deposited:	02 Aug 2023 13:27
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2023 13:29
URI:	http://repository.ukwms.ac.id/id/eprint/36261

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