Somos Atenas ou Florença? Covid-19 em contexto histórico

Benjamin R Doolittle

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Nós já estivemos aqui antes. Em 430 a.C., uma praga atingiu Atenas, matando 25% da população. Em 1347 d.C., a peste bubônica atingiu a Europa ocidental por quatro anos, matando 50% da população. A praga de Atenas levou ao colapso de sua religião, normas culturais e democracia. Em contraste, a peste bubônica acabou levando ao Renascimento, um crescimento da arte, da ciência e do humanismo. Agora que enfrentamos a pandemia global COVID-19, nos tornaremos Atenas ou Florença?

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23973/ras.82.280

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