EJTS European Journal of Transformation Studies 2020, Vol.8, Supplement 1 1 EJTS European Journal of Transformation Studies 2020, Vol.8, Supplement 1 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TRANSFORMATION STUDIES 2020 Vol. 8 Supplement 1 © by Europe Our House, Tbilisi e-ISSN 2298-0997 2 EJTS European Journal of Transformation Studies 2020, Vol.8, Supplement 1 Arkadiusz Modrzejewski University of Gdansk, Poland [email protected] Editors Tamar Gamkrelidze Europe Our House, Tbilisi, Georgia Tatiana Tökölyová Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Trnava, Slovakia Rafał Raczyński Research Institute for European Policy, Poland Paweł Nieczuja–Ostrowski – executive editor Pomeranian University in Slupsk, Poland Jaroslav Mihálik – deputy editor Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Trnava, Slovakia Edita Poórová – copy editor Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Trnava, Slovakia Andrii Kutsyk– assistant editor Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University, Lutsk, Ukraine Editorial Advisory Board Prof. Jakub Potulski,University of Gdansk, Poland – chairperson Prof. Tadeusz Dmochowski,University of Gdansk, Poland Prof. Slavomír Gálik, University of Ss.Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia Prof. Wojciech Forysinski, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famangusta, Northern Cyprus Prof. Danuta Plecka, Zielona Gora University, Poland Prof. Anatoliy Kruglashov, Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine Prof. Malkhaz Matsaberidze, Ivane Javakashvili Tbilisi State University Prof. Ruizan Mekvabidze, Gori State Teaching University, Georgia Prof. Lucia Mokrá, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia Prof. Andras Bozoki, Central European University in Budapest, Hungary Prof. Tereza - Brînduşa Palade, National University of Political and Public Administra- tion in Bucharest, Romania Prof. Elif Çolakoğlu, Atatürk University in Erzurum, Turkey Prof. Valeriu Mosneaga, Moldova State University in Chişinău, Republic of Moldova Prof. Andrei Taranu, National University of Political Science and Public Administration in Bucharest, Romania Prof. Tetyana Nagornyak, Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University in Vinnytsia, Ukraine Prof. Alexandre Kukhianidze, Tbilisi State University, Georgia Prof. Nana Akhalaia, Gori State Teaching University, Georgia Prof. Jana Reschová, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Prof. Jolanta Urbanovič, Mykolo Romerio University in Vilnius, Lithuania Prof. Josef Dolista, CEVRO Institut College in Prague, Czech Republic Prof. Teodora Kaleynska, Veliko Turnovo University, Bulgaria Prof. Daniela La Foresta, University of Naples Federico II, Italy Prof. Polina Golovátina - Mora, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Columbia Prof. Peter Horváth, University of Ss.Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia Prof. Marek Hrubec, Center of Global Studies, Academy of Science of the Czech Repub- lic and Charles University in Prague Prof. Ana Campina, Universidade Portucalense Infante D.Henrique - Oporto, Portugal Prof. David J.Jackson, Bowling Green State University, USA Dr. Sanja Zlatanović,Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Belgrade, Serbia Dr. Justyna Schulz, University of Bremen, Germany Dr. Małgorzata Patok, Sorbonne - Université Paris Descartes, France Dr. René Cuperus, the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, the Netherlands Dr. Jerzy Kaźmierczyk, Tyumen State University, Russia 3 EJTS European Journal of Transformation Studies 2020, Vol.8, Supplement 1 PANDEMIC AND WHAT THEN? 4 EJTS European Journal of Transformation Studies 2020, Vol.8, Supplement 1 CONTENTS Arkadiusz Modrzejewski Editorial 7 Adam Bodnar A Journey Into the Unknown? Global and National Human Rights Implications of the Pandemic 10 András Bozóki After Orwell: Some Thoughts on the Post-Pandemic World 26 Joanna Furmańczyk, Jerzy Kaźmierczyk Economic, Psychological, and Social Consequences of the Covid-19 Pandemic 36 Viktoria Golovei, Nataliia Stoliarchuk, Tamila Prigoda Culture, Arts and Media During and Post the Covid-19 Pandemic 55 Maria Groenwald The World After the Pandemic Will Be Different. Will Education Change? 82 Marcin Hintz Global Christian Responsibility in the Activity of the Lutheran World Federation in the Time of Coronavirus Pandemic 103 Valentyna Hodlevska Epidemics in the History of Humanity and Their Consequences 121 Torbjørn L. Knutsen International Relations in the Time of Corona 134 5 EJTS European Journal of Transformation Studies 2020, Vol.8, Supplement 1 Daniela La Foresta The Covid-19 Pandemic in Italy: Regional Comparisons 155 Matúš Mesarčík Digital surveillance in the times of COVID-19: Lessons from Slovakia 184 Ryszard Minkiewicz, Margot Stańczyk-Minkiewicz Art and Culture During the Pandemic. Reflections on the Current Situation of Art in Poland 207 Arkadiusz Modrzejewski Truth in the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Reality. Moral and Political Considerations 221 Urszula Soler The World of New, Virtual Trends – Central Europe Societies Touched by Covid-19 238 Andrei Taranu The Intermediate Reality 258 Tomasz Widłak The Right to Health, Global Solidarism and International Law’s Constitutional Momentum in the Age of Covid-19 272 Biographical notes of the authors 291 6 EJTS European Journal of Transformation Studies 2020, Vol.8, Supplement 1 Editorial The coronavirus pandemic is a global traumatic experience. It can be compared to the greatest cataclysms, although it would certainly be difficult to find an equally “universal” phenomenon, maybe except world wars and climate change, which affected and affects the inhabitants of the Earth to a similar extent. Its effects are experienced by entire nations and individuals. It im- pacts not only the health and life of billions of people around the world, but also influences their mental condition, social rela- tions, the national and global economy, political systems, inter- national relations, respect for civil and human rights, arts and religion, etc. In this sense, it is an all-embracing phenomenon, the consequences of which can be long-term and may perma- nently change human behavior, values and attitudes, as well as the political order and the international system. It is a challenge not only for medical sciences, which are looking for an effective drug or vaccine that would prevent subsequent waves of the disease. Representatives of social sciences and humanists must also face it intellectually, drawing up possible scenarios of social and cultural changes. Understanding the social consequences of the pandemic will enable societies to better prepare for life in post-pandemic reality. Hence the idea to prepare a special issue of the European Journal of Transformation Studies devoted to various aspects of social life affected by the pandemic. This issue consists of both research or theoretical papers, based on discipline-specific methodology and referring to specialized lit- erature, generally meeting the rigours of scientific texts, as well as essays which, despite their looser form, may also constitute an important voice in the international discourse on the effects of the current pandemic, signaling important social, political and cultural issues that accompany the pandemic or which may arise in post-pandemic reality. They are based on the authors’ intuition. These are not only experienced scholars, but many of them are also active participants of public life and debate in 7 EJTS European Journal of Transformation Studies 2020, Vol.8, Supplement 1 their countries. Representatives of various scientific disciplines from various European countries, who perceive the long-term effects of the pandemic on the lives of societies and individuals, were engaged in the preparation of this issue. Therefore, this issue has an ex- ceptionally international, and at the same time multidisciplinary character. In addition to articles and essays devoted to politi- cal issues and international relations (professor Andras Bozoki from Central European University in Vienna, Austria, professor Torbjørn L. Knutsen from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, professor Andrei Taranu from the National School of Political Sciences and Public Adminis- tration, Bucharest, Romania, professor Arkadiusz Modrzejewski from the University of Gdansk, Poland), the reader will also find works written by lawyers, including the Polish Ombudsman, professor Adam Bodnar, as well as professor Tomasz Widłak from the University of Gdansk and Matúš Mesarčík, PhD. from Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, artist, professor Ryszard Minkiewicz, the rector of the Academy of Music in Gdan- sk, who, together with his wife, Margot Stańczyk-Minkiewicz, Ph.D., from the University of Gdansk, prepared an essay on culture and art in the era of the pandemic, theologian and phi- losopher, professor Marcin Hinz from the Christian Academy of Theology in Warsaw, a bishop of the Lutheran Church who is considering the influence of the pandemic on religious life, spe- cialist in the field of social geography, professor Daniel LaForest from Federico II University in Naples. Among the authors we will also find philosophers of culture from Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European University in Lutsk (a team of authors led by pro- fessor Viktoria Golovei), pedagogue, professor Maria Groenwald from the Univeristy of Gdansk, historian, professor Valentyna Hodlevska from the State Pedagogical University in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, sociologist, professor Urszula Soler from the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland and two Polish economists Joan- 8 EJTS European Journal of Transformation Studies 2020, Vol.8, Supplement 1 na Furmańczyk, Ph.D.,