{"id":523,"date":"2020-06-20T13:05:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T13:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redfilosofia.es\/laboratorio\/?p=523"},"modified":"2020-06-21T16:04:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T16:04:03","slug":"llamada-a-la-participacion-monografico-understanding-the-politics-of-fear-covid-19-crises-and-democracy-revista-global-discourse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redfilosofia.es\/laboratorio\/2020\/06\/20\/llamada-a-la-participacion-monografico-understanding-the-politics-of-fear-covid-19-crises-and-democracy-revista-global-discourse\/","title":{"rendered":"Llamada a la participaci\u00f3n. Monogr\u00e1fico: \u00abUnderstanding the Politics of Fear: COVID-19, Crises and Democracy\u00bb. Revista: Global Discourse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Deadline para el env\u00edo de res\u00famenes:<\/strong> 8 de junio de 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deadline para el env\u00edo de art\u00edculos: <\/strong>1 de octubre de 2020 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding the Politics of Fear: COVID-19, Crises and Democracy<\/a>
Global Discourse, volume 11 issue 1

Edited by<\/strong> Prof Matthew Flinders, President of the Political Studies Association, Sheffield University, Dr Dan Degerman and Dr Matthew Johnson, Lancaster University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract
<\/strong>The COVID-19 Pandemic has thrust the emotion of fear into the heart of political debate, policy making, public trust in democracy and government messaging. This issue\u2019s core assumption is that a focus on the concept of fear, in general, and one that is attuned to the unfolding \u2018politics of fear\u2019, in particular, provides a powerful framework through which to assess some of the challenges and opportunities posed by COVID-19.We take Judith Shklar\u2019s assertion of fear as the driving principle of liberalism as an invitation to \u2018think politically\u2019 with the aim of exploring the political meanings and implications of fear in the context of the coronavirus crisis. While we actively encourage engagement from a wide range of perspectives, we suggest that there are at least five approaches that call for examination in the present:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1.  Phillip Pettit and the place of \u2018unpredictability\u2019 in liberalism;<\/li>
  2. Martha Nussbaum and fear as \u2018(ir)rationality\u2019;<\/li>
  3. Zygmunt Bauman on \u2018liquidity\u2019 and fear;<\/li>
  4. Hannah Arendt and \u2018autocratization\u2019 and,<\/li>
  5. Sarah Ahmad and the relationship between fear and inequality.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    What do these approaches miss and, more broadly, what alternative yet analytically powerful approaches have been overlooked? This issue seeks to explore the applications and implications of approaches such as these, and more, in order to enhance understanding of politics \u2018as theory\u2019 and politics \u2018as practice\u2019 in times of pandemic. The issue will examine the following set of questions and more:
    Theme 1: unpredictability and liberalism <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n