KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET

Termin: VT20

Ämne: Idéhistoria II

Nivå: B-nivå (G1F)Kurskod: KVGH20

ABSTRACT

Sindi Axelsson

Har ”prestationssamhället” testats positivt för covid-19?

En idéhistorisk analys av Coronakrisen i Sverige i ljuset av teorin om ”prestationssamhället”.

Has the “achievement society” been tested positively for covid-19?

An analysis of the history of ideas of the Corona crisis in Sweden in the light of the theory of the “achievement society”.

Antal sidor: 36

My purpose is to mirror how the Corona-virus pandemic inflicted a social crisis in Sweden, through the achievement society theory formed in the book The Burnout society by Byung-Chul Han. The methods used are hermeneutics and socio-economic contextualisation. Swedish society did not shut down completely due to the assumption of maintaining ”business as usual”, yet with a controlled rate of infection. Corona generated debates about the future society. The debate is wide but can be narrowed down to two perspectives; those who prefer to stay with the neo-liberal plan and those in favour of forming a more sustainable society. The Corona pandemic has shown us that we live in achievement society, but has also made us question it. The population have also been forced to think in new ways to cope with the crisis and other questions about the human responsibility and mere existence has surfaced.

Nyckelord: Covid-19, Pandemic, Burnout society, Achievement society, Social crisis, Human responsibility, Swedish Corona strategy, Media debate

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