Las fracturas generadas por el COVID19 y las Relaciones Internacionales
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2020-06-08
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Marco Vinicio Méndez Coto
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Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
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La llegada del COVID19 ha generado una transformación a lo que comprendíamos como la “normalidad” de nuestras vidas, planteando preguntas sobre si habrá un retorno a un estadio previo, o si debemos esperar una nueva forma de convivencia. Desde la perspectiva de las Relaciones Internacionales, el COVID 19, como la amenaza global que ha definido el 2020, puede enmarcarse analíticamente en tres grandes fracturas o rupturas. La primera entre lo individual-colectivo, con el resurgimiento del Estado moderno y la restitución de la división entre lo interno y lo externo a partir de los límites fronterizos, y el pretendido control estatal de todo lo que ocurre dentro de su jurisdicción. La segunda entre inclusión-exclusión, o entre “nosotros” y “ellos”, con la estigmatización del extranjero con el cierre de fronteras, al verle como sospechoso por su origen étnico; además, de la división generada por la estructura social o de clase. Y la tercera entre los ganadores y los perdedores desde una perspectiva de la economía política internacional.
The arrival of COVID19 has generated a transformation to what we understood as the “normality” of our lives, raising questions as to whether there will be a return to a previous stage, or whether we should expect a new form of coexistence. From the perspective of International Relations, COVID 19, as the global threat that has defined 2020, can be analytically framed in three major fractures or ruptures. The first is between the individual-collective, with the resurgence of the modern state and the restitution of the division between the internal and the external based on border limits, and the alleged state control of everything that occurs within its jurisdiction. The second between inclusion-exclusion, or between “us” and “them”, with the stigmatization of the foreigner with the closing of borders, seeing him as suspect because of his ethnic origin; in addition to the division generated by the social or class structure. And the third between winners and losers from an international political economy perspective.
The arrival of COVID19 has generated a transformation to what we understood as the “normality” of our lives, raising questions as to whether there will be a return to a previous stage, or whether we should expect a new form of coexistence. From the perspective of International Relations, COVID 19, as the global threat that has defined 2020, can be analytically framed in three major fractures or ruptures. The first is between the individual-collective, with the resurgence of the modern state and the restitution of the division between the internal and the external based on border limits, and the alleged state control of everything that occurs within its jurisdiction. The second between inclusion-exclusion, or between “us” and “them”, with the stigmatization of the foreigner with the closing of borders, seeing him as suspect because of his ethnic origin; in addition to the division generated by the social or class structure. And the third between winners and losers from an international political economy perspective.
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Revista de Relaciones Internacionales vol. 93 no.1 7-15 2020
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COVID19, FRONTERAS, POLÍTICA INTERNACIONAL, RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES, TRANSFORMACIÓN SOCIAL, BORDERS, COVID19, INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION