Contrasts: Byung-Chul Han and Slavoj Zizek and the postpandemic scenarios

Abstract

Introduction: The current moment is affected by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic; so, an exercise was carried out to evaluate potential damages and emerging alternatives from the perspective of modern theorists Byung-Chul Han and Slavoj Zizek.

Presentation of experience: A theoretical contrast exercise was carried out by collecting news articles, works recently written by both authors, and consulting secondary sources available on web portals of international organizations.

Discussion: The theoretical contrasts by both authors pose various implications of social, economic and political order, but passing through the emergence of new trends linked to collectivism and communitarianism as possible axes of human action, with humans seen reinventing the cycle of production and consumption that has traditionally prevailed.

Conclusion: The exercise allowed an assessment of human life over the economy. Politics will cross decision mechanisms that will imply a future with collectivism and communitarianism as the key to balance, and as an option to face post-pandemic scenarios.