Covid-19 Salgınının Çok Boyutlu Sosyolojisi ve Yeni Normal Meselesi
Mehmet Karakaş
Abstract
When analyzing the great breakdowns and changes in history, the great depressions and crises encountered by all humanity will be seen as the most important reasons. COVID-19 is just such a crisis the whole world is currently facing. This world-wide crisis references a process wherein history is built or written in a particular way. The times in which we live have great risks; the most dangerous of these are likely epidemics that may spread fast and influentially affect the whole world. The world has become more risky for epidemics, and feelings of security have been eroded by creating tunnels of fear. In the COVID-19 process, three main predictions have become prominent: The epidemic will affect not only healthcare systems but all parts of life, nothing will be the same as before, and people will continue living with the new normal. Clearly new investigations will question several issues that will change as a result. This article, whose purpose is to discuss the multi-dimensional sociology of COVID-19 based on the new normal, will deal with early evaluations and debates on the epidemic’s effects. The points implied by the multi-sociological aspects of the pandemic are the sociological, psycho-sociological, and political sides of life, economic order, and education systems, as well as healthcare and disease systems.