Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
5-2020
Abstract
Is sociological theory up to the challenge of understanding and explaining the phenomenon? I think that the kind of sociological theory capable of meeting this challenge has to be cosmopolitan, public, and reflexive. To understand the social and political impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to embrace what Ulrich Bech called "methodological cosmopolitan" to investigate a multitude of networks, mechanisms, and processes through which the pandemic reverberates across national borders. At the same time, this cosmopolitan sociology has to be publicly oriented, addressing head-on the urgent matters of concern among citizens, rather than driven by discipline-specific debates that are sheltered within academic settings.
Keywords
Cosmopolitan, reflexive sociology, pandemic, COVID-19
Discipline
Public Health | Sociology
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Symposium: Social World and Pandemic
First Page
1
Last Page
4
Publisher
Sociologia & Antropologia, the Brazilian Society of Sociology and the Social Thought Virtual Library Blog
City or Country
Rio de Janeiro
Citation
1
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