Ever since the start of the Corona pandemic, different and often conflicting views have emerged about the virus and how to appropriately deal with it. Such epistemic, societal, and economic criticisms, including those about government imposed measures, have often been dismissed as dangerous forms of conspiratorial disinformation that should be (and have been) excluded from the realm of reasonable political discussion. However, since these critiques of emerging hegemonic knowledge and policies often involve significant and complex questioning of epistemic and political claims, and since corresponding plausibilities change over time, such clear distinctions between correct knowledge and foolish, fraudulent, and/or dangerous, disinformation are not easy to draw. In fact, they can be considered political acts in these epistemic disputes over the pandemic. These conflicts, which we refer to as the “Corona Truth Wars,” are not just about knowledge, but have turned into societal conflicts and even outright identity wars that run through families, circles of friends, organizations, and entire societies. In this special issue, we illuminate these dynamics by bringing together a range of scholars who have been struck by the complexity of these controversies and their far-reaching social consequences. Far from understanding these controversies as simple dichotomies between truth and disinformation, or between disinterested science and manipulative politics, these scholars are interested in the various ways in which these dimensions are intertwined. Building on a long tradition of exploring (scientific) knowledge controversies, the six contributions to this special issue show how epistemic struggles over truth are not only fought in the realm of science, but increasingly manifest and interact in everyday politics, social media platforms, daily talk shows, and family dinners. The scholars brought together in this issue, with diverse disciplinary backgrounds and from different geographical regions (Denmark, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Israel), present their studies on the various epistemic and social conflicts that have emerged during the Corona pandemic of the last three years.

自从新冠病毒大流行开始以来，关于该病毒以及如何适当应对该病毒的观点出现了不同且常常相互冲突的观点。这种认知、社会和经济批评，包括对政府强制措施的批评，常常被视为危险形式的阴谋性虚假信息，应该（并且已经）被排除在合理的政治讨论领域之外。然而，由于这些对新兴霸权知识和政策的批评往往涉及对认知和政治主张的重大而复杂的质疑，并且由于相应的合理性随着时间的推移而变化，因此正确的知识与愚蠢的、欺诈性的和/或危险的虚假信息之间的这种明确区别并不重要。容易画。事实上，在这些关于疫情的认知争议中，它们可以被视为政治行为。这些冲突，我们称之为“新冠真相之战”，不仅仅是知识方面的冲突，而且已经变成了社会冲突，甚至是彻底的身份战争，贯穿家庭、朋友圈、组织和整个社会。在本期特刊中，我们汇集了一系列对这些争议的复杂性及其深远的社会后果感到震惊的学者，以阐明这些动态。这些学者远没有将这些争议理解为真相与虚假信息之间，或者公正的科学与操纵政治之间的简单二分法，而是对这些维度交织在一起的各种方式感兴趣。建立在探索（科学）知识争议的悠久传统的基础上，本期特刊的六篇文章表明，关于真理的认知斗争不仅在科学领域进行，而且在日常政治、社交媒体平台、日常生活中日益显现和互动。脱口秀和家庭聚餐。本期汇集了来自不同学科背景和不同地理区域（丹麦、法国、德国、捷克共和国和以色列）的学者，介绍了他们对新冠病毒大流行期间出现的各种认知和社会冲突的研究。过去三年。