ABSTRACT
The old theatre of the exemplary – justice, science, democracy, beauty and well-being – attracts desires, even if these desires attach themselves to worn out or even outmoded objects. Nor is it surprising that in Europe this virus creates greater confusion than in the place of its origin. Everyone has a comment to make, be it doubtful or attempting an interpretation. Philosophy, psychoanalysis and politology of the virus all have a message to bring. The coronavirus pandemic is, on every level, a product of globalization. It highlights the latter’s characteristics and tendencies. It is an active, combative and effective free-trade agent. In the past, pandemics could be considered divine punishment, just as illness in general was seen for a very long time as external to the social body. Indeed, the virus confirms the absence of the divine, since the people know its biological nature. The viral magnifying glass enlarges the characteristics of contradictions and of limitations.
