Paure, Contaminazioni e alterità. Da Bacone a Kapu?ci?ski

Fears, contaminations and otherness. From Baco to Kapu?ci?ski. This article deals with the fear aroused by a pervasive and intangible disease caused by an imperceptible and indeter- minate element: a virus. The author does not investigate the multiple historical- political-psychological aspects of the disease nor the social medicine issues which it arises. She rather wonders if and how this disease is intervening in our lives modifying our relationship with other people.