COVID-19: Nationalism and global solidarities

Abstract

As the COVID-19 crisis emerged, many forms of nationalism have been rising, such as racism, state individualism, vaccine nationalism, and so forth. However, this kind of nationalism cannot solve the global pandemic that affects various aspects of human life that needs global solidarity in the framework of thinking. The purpose of this article is to explore the relationship between COVID-19, nationalism, and global solidarity. This article used the literature review method to compare and contrast the COVID-19, Nationalism, and Global Solidarity arguments by using reputable resources such as journals, research reports, and news articles. This article was divided into three sections: 1) the explanation about nationalism, its definition, and theoretical approach, 2) state and nationalism in crisis time, 3) cooperation and global solidarity. It concluded that the COVID-19 period showed us people tend to have greater individuality and higher attachment to their groups and state, as Social Identity Theory (SIT) suggests. It manifested in state nationalist view that state as the sole player in mitigating this pandemic shows selfish attitude. However, as the COVID-19 served as a global pandemic, it also needs global solidarity which has been proven in solving the spread of coronavirus and tackle its impact.

Polish Psychological Bulletin

“…National pride is negatively related to people's willingness to take the perspective of other groups (Mashuri et al, 2017) or other nations (Berndsen et al, 2018), as well as international trust (Chung, 2015). Applying these insights to the context of our work, vaccine national glorification may be related to people's tendency to prioritise their own country, which ultimately poses a hurdle to the promotion of global solidarity in containing the COVID-19 pandemic (Pratiwi & Tsauro, 2021). Due to this attenuated global solidarity, national glorification is likely to be positively associated with beliefs in conspiracy theories that by inventing the COVID-19 vaccine, developed countries are suspected of having harmful intentions to the recipients.…”

Digital educative public message: Health protocol awareness at pandemic COVID-19 periods (Instagram feeds @humasprovjatim)

“…The research, entitled "Media Relations of East Java Provincial Government Public Relations to Build the Image of the New Governor" (Arisanty 2009) shows that, in building the image of governor Soekarwo, East Java Provincial Government Public Relations makes media relations the only way to build a positive image in the community (Muqsith et al 2021, Prayudi & Sagita 2021. In addition, a similar study was conducted by Nabila Dwi Maharani with the title "Public Relations Strategy of the East Java Provincial Government in Utilizing Social Media as Information Delivery related to COVID-19" (Van Bavel et al 2020, Pratiwi & Tsauro 2021. The results of the study stated that the Public Relations of the East Java Provincial Government has a certain communication strategy in maintaining the quality of the relationship between the East Java Provincial Government and the community which can be seen from the four formulations of the Hon and Grunig dimensions, namely Trust, Satisfaction Commitment (satisfaction), and Mutual Control (Perreault & Perreault 2021).…”