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THEORETICAL PAPER / ARTÍCULO TEÓRICO

What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger: the COVID-19 pandemic transforms anonymous citizens into devoted actors (Lo que no nos mata nos hace más fuertes: la pandemia de COVID-19 transforma a los ciudadanos anónimos en actores devotos)

Pages 611-617 | Received 02 Apr 2020, Accepted 07 Apr 2020, Published online: 10 Jul 2020
 

ABSTRACT

COVID-19 is transforming our lives. We could frame this illness by surrendering to disaster or striving to get over it. We suggest that the pandemic is converting ‘some’ citizens into devoted actors, individuals viscerally connected — fused — to a group who share a sacred value. Since devoted actors are willing to make costly self-sacrifices for their peers and convictions, the virus, instead of ‘killing us’, could well make us stronger.

RESUMEN

El COVID-19 está transformando nuestras vidas. Podemos afrontar la enfermedad rindiéndonos al desastre o luchando para superarlo. En este artículo sugerimos que la pandemia está transformando ‘algunos’ ciudadanos en actores devotos, personas conectadas visceralmente — fusionadas — con un grupo que comparte un valor sagrado. Dado que los actores devotos están dispuestos a realizar sacrificios costosos por los miembros de su grupo y por sus convicciones, es muy probable que el virus, en lugar de ‘matarnos’, nos esté haciendo más fuertes.

Acknowledgements / Agradecimientos

This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology [RTI2018-093550-B-I00]. / Este trabajo ha recibido el apoyo del ministerio de ciencia y tecnología [RTI2018-093550-B-I00].

Disclosure statement / Conflicto de intereses

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author. / Los autores no han referido ningún potencial conflicto de interés en relación con este artículo.

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