In this paper, we address the question on how societies coped with pandemic crises, how they tried to control or adapt to the disease, or even managed to overcome the death trap in history. On the basis of historical research, we describe how societies in the western world accommodated to or exited hardship and restrictive measures over the course of the last four centuries. In particular, we are interested in how historically embedded citizens' resources were directed towards living with and to a certain extent accepting the virus. Such an approach of “applied history” to the management of crises and public hazards, we believe, helps address today's pressing question of what adaptive strategies can be adopted to return to a normalized life, including living with socially acceptable medical, hygienic and other pandemic-related measures.

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与死亡共舞。应对 Covid-19 的历史视角

在本文中，我们探讨了社会如何应对大流行危机，如何尝试控制或适应疾病，甚至设法克服历史上的死亡陷阱的问题。在历史研究的基础上，我们描述了西方社会在过去四个世纪中如何适应或摆脱困境和限制措施。特别是，我们对历史上嵌入的公民资源如何被引导到与病毒一起生活并在一定程度上接受病毒感兴趣。我们认为，这种将“应用历史”应用于危机和公共危害管理的方法有助于解决当今紧迫的问题，即可以采取哪些适应性策略来恢复正常生活，包括与社会可接受的医疗、卫生和其他流行病一起生活相关措施。