Space of appearance

Space of appearance

Human beings rely on socialization to complete their emotional and materialistic welfare. Wendt analogy of “space of appearance” suggests that catastrophes and changes in the culture only separate human beings. However, it is sensational to overlook the social distances created by disasters in society. Covid-19, as a global disaster, has contributed to a shutdown in most of the human socialization facilities hence limiting interaction through social distancing protocols. Such life-saving measures ruin social ties in humanity. Loss of contact to social capital through disaster causes amid unrest in the emotional welfare of an individual. A ripple effect is experienced in social, political, and economic activities, which heavily rely on human interaction.

From Wendt’s analysis, loss of contact with friends and other human beings indeed contributes to adverse living conditions characterized by uncertainty and emotional downturn. In the United States, routine activities that facilitated human interactions have been suspended, thus disintegrating the social ties across the Americans. As stated by Arendt, “the body politic of people is destroyed” is determined in the current global woes on coronavirus disease. Institutions that facilitate social interactions have been shut down to control the spread of the disease hence contributing to a snarl-up in most activities, including schooling. Students have lost physical contact with their peers, thus rendering them to loneliness.

According to human nature, self-interpretation ad actin has been predated by the presence of a disease in the society hence denying people to express themselves to those they feel close to them. Facilitation of activities has continued to experience weak links, thus impacting political coordination and civil rights advocacy. By staying indoors, the business has faced downfall as customers are restricted from purchasing commodities by their autonomy. Social distance has led to threatening the personalities of people as they are unable to express themselves to vent out their aggravation.