In a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19, different national states around the world have introduced strict measures to regulate social interaction that have affected the interdependence of modern societies. In this article, we argue that this handling of the pandemic produces a conflict of solidarities that can be interpreted by expanding Durkheim’s classic formulations (organic and mechanical solidarity) to include the distinction between fragmentary solidarity (based on distancing) and ordinary solidarity (based on empathy and equal treatment). The conflict is triggered precisely by the introduction of fragmentary solidarity. Through this conceptualization, we identify different paradoxes and problems that the pandemic poses for present-day society and analyze how it attempts to overcome them through a generalization of ordinary solidarity. The paper concludes that the conflict of solidarities that characterizes the pandemic is not a passing phenomenon. Its anchorage in the complexity and interdependence of contemporary technological, social, and natural conditions points to its persistence.

为了遏制COVID-19的传播，世界各地的不同民族国家都采取了严格的措施来规范影响现代社会相互依存的社会互动。在本文中，我们认为对这种大流行的处理产生了团结冲突，这可以通过扩展涂尔干的经典表述（有机和机械团结）来解释，以包括零碎团结（基于距离）和普通团结之间的区别。（基于同理心和平等待遇）。冲突的产生正是由零散的团结引起的。通过这种概念化，我们确定了流行病给当今社会带来的不同悖论和问题，并分析了流行病如何通过普通团结的概括来克服这些悖论和问题。本文得出的结论是，代表大流行的团结冲突不是一种过时的现象。它在当代技术，社会和自然条件的复杂性和相互依存关系中的定位表明了它的持久性。