Alcuni rischi dell’interpretare la crisi presente come opportunità futura

Abstract

According to the old saying every crisis is an opportunity, and the bigger the crisis, the bigger the opportunity. In this paper I claim that this usually positive attitude has, in the context of the current pandemic, become a trap. Hypernormativity and social distancing, if assumed, together with an exclusive focus on a very narrow conception of health, as the standard response to aleatory events that pose a risk to life, bring with them a loss of meaning that is not likely to establish a future better world.