ontological and epistemological sense—precisely their nature is, and how they relate to the studies in the other parts of this thematic issue. In the case of Japan, the pandemic increased frictions and contradictions. The issues discussed are (1) the
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Editorial Introduction
The Cases of Japan, Australia, and the United States
Harry G. J. Nijhuis and Laurent J.G. van der Maesen
Editorial
The Societal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Explained via Three Frameworks
Harry G. J. Nijhuis and Laurent J.G. van der Maesen
The eleven studies, shortly introduced here, are not really consistent in their scientific approaches, both in the ontological sense (propositions on the nature of reality), as well as in the epistemological sense (methodologies to obtain reliable and
Compliance
Politics, Sociability and the Constitution of Collective Life
Will Rollason and Eric Hirsch
‘ontological’ approach in anthropology championed by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro (2004) . For Viveiros de Castro (2015) , following Clastres and Gilles Deleuze, another thinker influenced by Clastres ( Cova and Sarmiento Barletti 2021 ), anthropology's role is
Editorial Introduction
The Cases of Italy and China
Harry G. J. Nijhuis and Laurent J.G. van der Maesen
democracy; and the specific ontology of humans as “social beings” elaborated in SQT ( Herrmann et al. 2012: 86 ; Westbroek et al. 2020 ). The contrasting cases of Italy and China with regard to their governance approaches show just how badly we need to
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Climate Change
Expressions of Global Ecological and Societal Misbalances
Harry G. J. Nijhuis and Laurent J.G. van der Maesen
conceptual framework is dedicated to the theorizing of the concept of “the social” with the help of the explication of its ontological assumptions. These assumptions deliver points of departure of the epistemological assumptions expressed in the analytical
The Case of China
The Societal Impact of the “Whole of Government Approach”
Wang Jing and Wang Xue
involved. In order to organize our descriptions, we will make use of the social quality framework. Social quality theory (SQT), born at the end of the twentieth century, is based on the ontological notion that “humans and collective entities do evolve in
Anna Tsetoura
processes resulting [in] the formation of collective identities” ( van der Maesen and Walker 2012: 46 ). This fundamental (ontological) notion implies that human beings are viewed and need to be approached as basically “social beings.” The “social quality
Nadeem Malik
for excluding mosques from lockdown, and for the permissibility of collective prayers. Such orthodoxy is a result of a long process of Islamisation of Pakistani society. In contemporary Pakistan, people worship God for comfort and ontological security
Jonathan Skinner
everyday and guide us rather like an internal tour guide. These are lost in the crisis and in what we hold onto. On Montserrat, the disaster became ontological as the landscape was ripped up; families, businesses and radio stations relocated increasingly
Familial Intimacy and the ‘Thing’ between Us
Cuddle Curtains and Desires for Detached Relationality in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Andreas Streinzer, Almut Poppinga, Carolin Zieringer, Anna Wanka, and Georg Marx
AIDS ( Boston : Beacon Press ). Mol , A. ( 2002 ), The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice ( Durham, NC : Duke University Press ). Niewöhner , J. , and M. Lock ( 2018 ), ‘ Situating Local Biologies: Anthropological