The Perspectives of Human Freedom in a Post-Pandemic Social Reality

• Author: Wiktor Mo?gin
• Position: Ph.D. Student, Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Kraków, Poland)
• Pages: 63-73

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The Perspectives of Human Freedom

in a Post-Pandemic Social Reality

Wiktor Możgin1

Ph.D. Student, Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Kraków, Poland)

E-mail: wiktor.mozgin@doctoral.uj.edu.pl

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5744-8103

Możgin, Wiktor (2020) The Perspectives of Human Freedom In a Post-pandemic Social

Reality. Ukrainian Policymaker, Volume 6, 63-73. https://doi.org/10.29202/up/6/7

What will the post-pandemic world be alike? This is undoubtedly an issue that interests many people

around the world. One thing is certain — the world after the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus

will be dierent. This is primarily due to the noticeable processes of redening the fundamental spheres

of human functioning. This article presents a dierent perspective on the ght against a deadly virus

because the essential aspect that is taken into account is the concept of social freedom. The dierent view

of the coronavirus narrative lies in the pragmatic approach that allows indicating the processes and

mechanisms of limiting social freedom under the pretext of ghting the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The research

methods used for this purpose, characteristic of social sciences and humanities, make it possible to

determine the discourse according to which the authorities of individual countries operate. Interesting in

this context is also the process of imposing prohibitions and orders from society, which, through social

apathy and fear of responsibility, will, in the future, become a social norm, thereby legitimizing the non-

humanistic state control over society.

Keywords: global pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 virus, human freedom, responsibility, social determinism,

biopower, social annihilation

Received: May 10, 2020; accepted: May 29, 2020

Introduction

A pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has today mastered virtually every sphere of

human functioning. It is dicult to nd an area of life that would not be directly or indirectly

aected by the eects of a global pandemic. Today, the international community is facing the

challenge of defeating this virus, but despite the passage of several months, we still do not

know what each of us is dealing with. In mid-May, some media published a list of 11 pandemic

questions that the global community is still unable to provide an exhaustive answer (Lopez

et al., 2020). These questions rely on the number of people who will be infected and deaths

© Możgin, Wiktor, 2020