While most of us would settle for a cooling in the militancy of secularism, could the corona emergency inspire a full-fledged religious revival?
his changes everything,” seems to be the consensus reaction to coronavirus.
A brief scan of the Guardian’s opinion section reveals that for animal rights activists, Covid-19 is a wakeup call to treat wildlife differently; feminists think the outcome would have been different if women were leading the world; there’s the “climate crisis” of course; even Jeremy Corbyn sees vindication for his monstrous economic policies.
In short, “everything” that is going to change depends on whatever change you think should be happening anyway.
That cautionary note in mind, it’s worth broadening the scope of the discussion posted below (Reset Redux | March 30, 2020) to think about how corona will change the wider world, meaning society beyond our communities.
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