DI SERENA MINNELLA
Abstract – Covid-19 pandemic reactivated biopolitical mechanisms of power that needed a new community law. The rule of social distance has been introduced. It conditions body action in public and private spaces. Bodies must discipline themselves to avoid contagion and to heal society. This paper observes the disciplinary character of social distance rule and identifies possible conditioning effects on action and relationships, for example the prohibition to touch and the duty to remain in the right position assigned in space.
Keywords – social distance, space, biopolitics, body, touching