A sociological examination on global pandemics from past to present

When communicable diseases reached epidemic (epidemic) and global epidemic (pandemic) dimensions, they affected the future of societies, left deep traces in our history and even shaped history. Of course, not only humans, but also society, nature and other living species were affected by the epidemics. This effect of epidemics has a holistic feature with both physical and mental dimensions. Epidemics have caused negative results in the memory and psychology of the society from the past to the present. In this master thesis study, pandemics were evaluated through the concepts of nation state, Malthusianism and New Malthusianism, anomie, and globalization by addressing the social reflections of recent pandemics.