Vol. 10 No. 3 (2022)
Journal Space and Culture, India

Perspective

The Not-So-Silent Rise of Nationalism: A COVID-19 Result

Published 2022-11-28

  • Venkat Rao Pulla

Abstract

Since the discovery and surge of the COVID-19 virus in the early days of 2020, we saw the creepy crawl of accusations and counteraccusations, the divisions between the scientific communities, the lack of exemplary conduct by the political elites, the lack of transparency in the reporting of death statistics, and the increasing lack of confidence and support for people. Amidst all this was a burgeoning of defensive and, on many occasions, offensive nationalism. A stage that mirrored resounding the amended final command from the 1924 George Orwell’s Animal farms, wherein the Pigs, the more intelligent of the manor farm animals, proclaim that some animals are more equal than others.

Keywords

Nationalism, COVID-19, Brexit, Vaccine Wars, Regional Cooperation

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