Paul-Antoine Miquel. Professor of Contemporary Philosophy, Université Toulouse II Jean Jaurès, Département Philosophie; 15 rue de l’Ecluse 30000, Nîmes, France;

e-mail: paul-antoine.miquel@univtlse2.fr

Pierre Montebello. Professor of Contemporary Philosophy, Université Toulouse II Jean Jaurès, Département Philosophie; 5 allées Antonio Machado 31058, Toulouse, France;

e-mail: pierre.montebello@univ-tlse2.fr

COVID-19 opens the brand new era: precarity. It is not a state, but the feeling that all things, including the human being and his life, the environment, society and economy, are vulnerable. At the same time, COVID-19 means that prejudices must be abandoned and the West must learn from the East the ways to overcome difficulties. The experience of the Republic of Korea teaches France how to fight the pandemic. COVID-19 taught us a lesson to think with others, not without them, about how to cope with global issues, without the taboos and political prejudices of the past.

Keywords: COVID-19, the West, the East, precarity