The socio-health crisis generated by the proliferation of Covid19 is producing a transformation of the state into world society, recreating two innovative forms: that of the protective state and that of the aggressor state. In this work, I will argue that this transformation is mainly the product of a massive flow of delegation of social power fostered by a worldwide movement of social self-preservation. The expansion of the state's protective function, in turn, is coproducing in record time a new exceptional political legitimacy, which impacts the popular and elitist fields of world society. The article identifies the new socio-political aspects that bring with them the current conjuncture, as well as the main continuities and ruptures related to the social processes involved.
Protective and aggressive states in the world society: the social effects of Covid19