Browsing Culture e Studi del Sociale. Vol. 5, n. 1, (2020) Numero Speciale by Title
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Coronavirus Geopolitics. A Reflection on the Russian Case
(2020)The current pandemic has shown that, over and above the more immediate consequences to be tackled, such as the health emergency and the economic crisis, there are long-term effects that will require reflection at a global ... -
COVID-19 in China. The Great Wall of Technology
(2020)China is the first country to have faced an extensive contagion of Covid-19. The response it has given, in terms of prevention and control measures, has been effective in eradicating the virus, even though not completely. ... -
Everyday Life “Turned upside Down”: Disasters, Future and Resilience
(2020)Disasters change individuals and the social structure. Two categories are essential to study disasters: time and space. To these, we should add risk that is a cultural object resulting from interpretation. ... -
Future of our Feelings: Sociological Considerations about Emotional Culture in Pandem
(2020)The article is devoted to some aspects of the emotional culture of the late modern society, which will evidently undergo changes due to the new virus pandemic. The author draws on the opportunities that belong to the ... -
Humor During Pandemic in Romania on Facebook
(2020)During the pandemic, finding coping mechanisms for anxiety, stress and isolation is critical. In Romania, humor has always been a way to overcome anxiety and insecurity and is present in all dramatic situations. The purpose ... -
Men and Death in the West.Towards a New Interpretive Paradigm?
(2020)Up until recently, contemporary Western society seemed to voluntarily ignore death, wrap-ping itself in a silent cocoon. Death disappeared from the public discourse unless it was spectacularised and ... -
Rituals During Lockdown: The “Clap for our Carers” Phenomenon in France
(2020)The article will analyse the emergence of the applause for health workers to health personnel, a practice widespread in France since the first day of lockdown. We examine the meaning of this ritual that was first promoted ... -
Sexuality at the Time of Coronavirus in Italy: A (Technological) Retreat in Itself?
(2020)Our contribution aims at unravelling the knot between sexuality and the web in Italy during the coronavirus pandemic. Sex-related online practices intensified, due to health concerns and lockdown measures, and ... -
Societal Vulnerability and Resilience in the COVID-19 Crisis
(2020)Despite the possibility of a pandemic had been seriously considered in professional circles, most governments were taken by surprise by the rapid diffusion of the SARS CoV-2, from first reports in China (December 2019) ... -
The Challenges of Social Work in the Management of the Covid-19
(2020)The discipline and profession of Social Work, concerned with the social change of indi-viduals and entire communities, the solution of problematic situations, as well as the in-crease in the ... -
The Corona Challenge to Higher Education
(2020)Covid-19 poses a number of challenges to Higher Education. It has turned the day to day world of academic life on its head. University alternatives offer tenured academics a relatively safe adjustment to the changed ... -
The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Fragility Factor within the International System
(2020)This paper addresses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the international order. The analysis focuses mainly on the role of China, the country where the epidemic origi-nated and the main ... -
The Governance of Resilience. How the Health Systems Have Coped with The Covid-19 Pandemic
(2020)After considering the reasons why pandemics are destined to remain also in the near future in our late industrial societies, a conceptual framework for the analysis of governance of resilience of health systems ... -
The Impact of Corona Virus on the Socio-Economic Life of Nigerians
(2020)Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered corona virus that can be transmitted through droplets from cough and sneeze. People who are infected can experience mild to moderate ... -
The New Heroes: Applause and Sensibilities in the Era of the COVID-19
Since the implementation of preventive and compulsory social isolation, every night at 9:00 p.m. thousands of Argentines applaud the health system personnel from their patios, balconies and windows in support ... -
The Pilgrim Pope at the Time of the Contagion
(2020)The author tries to understand if the act performed in Rome, Sunday, March 15, 2020, by Pope Francis, who went on pilgrimage to the basilica of St. Mary Major to venerate Our Lady Salus populi romani and the church of ... -
The Topics-scape of the Pandemic Crisis: The Italian Sentiment on Political Leaders
(2020)The aim of the article is to identify themes, actors and mood of the tweets shared by users in the period from March 25 to April 3, 2020 in Italy. It seems an extremely delicate and complex period, because it corresponds ... -
Transnational Social Implications of the Use of the “War metaphor” Concerning Coronavirus: A Bird’s Eye View
(2020)This paper reflects on the force of the war metaphor primarily in Spain and the U.S. Examples from other countries are included. Methodologically, it utilizes the literature (journals and newspapers) and Twitter research. ... -
We, the European Union. Together but... far Apart
(2020)While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be an issue, the retaliations on nation-states’ political, socio-cultural and, more than ever, economic structures are deemed to be- or are they yet- dire. The paper aims to broadly ...
