Abstract

ANORVE ANORVE, Daniel  and  ROSAS GONZALEZ, María Cristina. West vs. East: Civic-Political Factors that Lead to Different Results in the Face of SARS-CoV-2. Norteamérica [online]. 2022, vol.17, n.2, pp.9-42.  Epub Apr 28, 2023. ISSN 2448-7228.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cisan.24487228e.2022.1.515.

The impacts of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) have been different in different geographical areas. Generally speaking, the highest rates of contagion and deaths have been seen in the West, as opposed to the East. This article approaches the pandemic from the viewpoint of civic-political culture based on the predominance of the individual in Western nations and the importance of the collective/community in the Eastern nations, using a model developed by the authors in a triple analysis: geographical-civilizational considerations, political philosophy, and political regimes. They analyze eleven countries using Samuel Huntington’s civilizational typology: four from the West, five non-Western countries, and two that are split or hybrid. They suggest that the countries in which civic-political freedoms regarding the collective predominate have had a lower rate of contagion/deaths during the current pandemic. The analysis reveals the importance of the civic-political culture for dealing with emergencies like the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Keywords : SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19); West; East; civic-political culture; pandemic.

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