Prison, wrote the Russian-American poet Joseph Brodsky, is essentially a shortage of space made up for by a surplus of time. A similar case could be made for social isolation during in the Covid-19 era, albeit in relative terms. So much has already been said about this isolation in the context of hygiene, the economy and politics, but it is now time to develop an adequate language at the human level. The post Fear, Insecurity, Suspicion and Grief. Feelings in the Time of a Pandemic appeared f...| Liberal Culture
Coronavirus has provoked a new political agenda and new emotions. Donald Trump lost the presidential election, but thanks to existing trends, including the prevalent emotion of anger, he can continue to undermine American democracy. In the coming months, anger will work as it did in the cases of Black Lives Matter and women’s rights protests: it takes one spark to fuel a fire. The post 2021: the year of anger appeared first on Liberal Culture.| Liberal Culture