How Covid has masked our faces (like slaves)
… It is impossible to have a relationship with anyone without recognising their face
… the slave was defined as ἀπρόσωπος (apròsopos), that is without (a-) face (pròsopos), therefore without dignity
… «what is called face, which cannot exist in any living being except in humankind, indicates the character of a person»
… to the point of allowing a glimpse of the Infinite
… «they have lost the immediate and sensitive foundation of their community and can only exchange direct messages to a name that no longer has a face»
… «Our impolitic time does not want to see its own face, it keeps it at a distance, it masks and covers it. There must be no more faces, only numbers and figures. Even the tyrant is faceless»
