Modern conservatisation and the "truth regime" of the pandemic

Dear colleagues,

Center for Socio-Cultural Research invites you to research seminar from series

«Culture Matters»

Dimitris Kilakos

PhD, Adjunct Lecturer, University of West Attica, Greece

«Modern conservatisation and the "truth regime" of the pandemic»

Seminar will be held on November 11, 2020 at 15:00

Location: Electronic platform Zoom

https://zoom.us/j/98228219290?pwd=Y2pZVW9rTkxjODRJdmZjcjlrRUJ3UT09

The conference ID: 982 2821 9290

Access code: 252067

Working language is English

Summary of the report

The impact of an ongoing conseratisation of our societies may be traced in various recent socio-political developments. This modern conservatisation is manifested as a tendency to cope with and react to emerging and novel developments affecting the previously established normality in social life by employing attitudes stemming from those parts of past experiences that do not coincide with the logic and the inherent dynamic of the underlying socio-historical processes. Its impact is vividly present nowadays, in social attitudes and public stances regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. This conservatisation does not necessarily amount to conservatism, as this term is usually conceived in politics, i.e. as opposite to liberalism. On the contrary, it could be evident in both "conservative" and "liberal" political views. From the various aspects of modern conservatisation, this report focuses particularly on the relatively broad resonance of un- (or even counter-) scientific and irrational beliefs, due to its interest with regard to the pandemic. Furthermore, there will be the discussion of  the correlation of its epistemological background with postmodern views and theories, which have marked social sciences.