移动之悖:全球新冠疫情传播的人类学反思

The Paradox of Mobility:An Anthropological Reflection on Worldwide Coronavirus

新冠病毒疫情蔓延世界,导致其如此快速、迅猛传播的“病毒来源”尚不明确。笔者认为,致使疫情快速蔓延有一个“无形宿主”,即移动属性。现代“移动”成了疾病快速传播的“帮凶”。这提醒我们,当我们在充分享受现代移动性带来的便捷和高效时,谨防移动性同时带给我们前所未有的灾难。本文从文明演化进程的维度,结合新冠疫情与现代性关系进行评述,从人类学的角度对几种有代表的移动属性进行分析,提出建立“全幅性移动”机制的设想,对当前疫情的防范提出具体建议。

Coronavirus leaves the world in a state of shock,but“the intermediary host”for the rapid and severe viral transmission,remains unknown.The author argues that the rapid transmission is supposed to be attributed to mobility,“the intangible host.”It means that the modern mobility helps to realize the unexpected speed.Meanwhile,it reminds us that we are confronted with the unprecedented disaster through the modern mobility which brings us the convenience and efficiency also.The paper intends to analyze several representative attributes of“mobility”and make the preliminary comments on the relation of Coronavirus and modernity with reference to the evolution of civilization,and then aims to come up with the hypothesis of overall mobility mechanism and some specific suggestions to prevent the epidemic.