by S.A. Hamed Hosseini, University of Newcastle, Australia

COVID-19 has shown that radical transformations are not only possible but unavoidable to prevent greater implosions. Living through a slow- or de-growth status – where collective “well-living” is gaining primacy over hedonistic well-being – has awakened us to the implausibility of returning to the old normal. Now is the time to quarantine our minds from the fatal cognitive virus of the capitalistic myth of “There Is No Alternative.” Though painful, lockdowns provide moments of reflection on where we are, how we have reached here, and what we can do to unite our creative imaginations and political actions to shape the post-pandemic world.

read more here: https://globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/on-the-urgency-of-reintegrating-with-the-radical/

or http://thecommonalts.com/on-the-urgency-of-reintegrating-with-the-radical/