Konceptualizowanie pandemii, czyli dlaczego nie będziemy wiedzieli, co przeżyliśmy

The article aims to describe the conceptualization of pandemic discourse taking place in humanistic reflection. The author analyzes the statements of Giorgio Agamben, Niall Ferguson, Ivan Krastev, Jean Luc Nancy, Slavoj Žižek, Piotr Augustyniak, Inga Iwasiów and Tomasz Stawiszyński. He describes the trends appearing in their texts regarding the assessment of the causes of the pandemic and forecasts its further consequences, and also briefly analyzes the ways of describing it. Finally, the author formulates conclusions about the humanities – pessimistic in terms of its diagnostic and prognostic capabilities – and poses questions about its current status and potential.