WHO ARE THE WINNERS OF THE CORONA CRISIS?
WHO ARE THE WINNERS OF THE CORONA CRISIS? AUTOCRATS OR FEMINISTS?
Tessa Szyszkowitz, UK Correspondent for Profil, Falter, Cicero
in conversation with
Eva Illouz, Sociologist, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Paris
The lessons of the pandemic should be learned fast and furiously. It can help governments and societies worldwide to push reforms in public space and private homes.
Eva Illouz teaches at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences EHESS in Paris and holds the Rose Isaac Chair in sociology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Born in Fez, Morocco, Illouz today divides her time between Jerusalem and Paris. In 2009, the German newspaper Die Zeit chose her as one of the 12 thinkers most likely to "change the thought of tomorrow". In 2013, she received the Annaliese Meier International Award for Excellence in Research from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Her book Why Love Hurts. A Sociological Explanation (2013) won the best book award of the Alpine Philosophy Society in France. She also received the 2014 Sociology of Emotions Outstanding Recent Contribution Award and in 2018 the E.M.E.T award, the highest scientific distinction in Israel. Illouz is the author of numerous books and articles that have been translated into eightheen languages.