Dancing with death. A historical perspective on coping with Covid-19.

IF 1.9 Q3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Epub Date: 2021-05-18 DOI:10.1002/rhc3.12225

Beatrice de Graaf, Lotte Jensen, Rina Knoeff, Catrien Santing

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Abstract

In this paper, we address the question on how societies coped with pandemic crises, how they tried to control or adapt to the disease, or even managed to overcome the death trap in history. On the basis of historical research, we describe how societies in the western world accommodated to or exited hardship and restrictive measures over the course of the last four centuries. In particular, we are interested in how historically embedded citizens' resources were directed towards living with and to a certain extent accepting the virus. Such an approach of "applied history" to the management of crises and public hazards, we believe, helps address today's pressing question of what adaptive strategies can be adopted to return to a normalized life, including living with socially acceptable medical, hygienic and other pandemic-related measures.

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与死亡共舞。从历史角度看如何应对 Covid-19。

在本文中，我们将探讨社会如何应对大流行病危机，如何努力控制或适应疾病，甚至设法克服历史上的死亡陷阱。在历史研究的基础上，我们描述了在过去的四个世纪中，西方世界的社会是如何适应或摆脱困境和限制性措施的。我们尤其感兴趣的是，历史上的公民资源是如何被引导到与病毒共存并在一定程度上接受病毒的。我们认为，以这种 "应用历史 "的方法来管理危机和公共危害，有助于解决当今的紧迫问题，即采取什么样的适应策略才能恢复正常生活，包括与社会可接受的医疗、卫生和其他与大流行病相关的措施共存。

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Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

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