The article is devoted to some aspects of the emotional culture of the late modern society,
which will evidently undergo changes due to the new virus pandemic. The author draws on
the opportunities that belong to the sociology of emotions, because emotions by their nature
and function are related to overcoming of uncertainty of the future. The purpose of this essay is to review the main imperatives and contradictions of the emotional culture, identify
some feelings that are a socially “sensitive” answer to the current circumstances. The future
changes will probably become clearer, if we observe how the contradictions of the modern
emotional culture will be resolved; for example, what development the simultaneous “emotionalization” and rationalization of social life will undergo. In the situation of crisis connected to the pandemic all the feelings will be involved, emotional norms and strategies of
emotion management will be modified. The author believes that the moral individualism of
modern societies will draw attention to the matters concerning social solidarity and moral
guidelines, which could be viewed through the concepts of care, human sufferings and feelings that lie at their heart: anxiety and fear for other people, empathy, sympathy and compassion
