Authoritarianism and authority: from health to society

Most of the time, the authority’s phenomenon has been distorted and has been totalized and reduced with the same meaning of the authoritarianism. Especially in sensible moments that have impacted a massive number of people – like the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) –, it is many common distortions be potentialized. The current essay aimed to present some relationships between authority and authoritarianism in a scenario dichotomized by the left and right political positions. It is an opportunity to enlightening some structural processes of alienation and collaborated with more evident perspectives about social development, from health to society.