2024-11-0920230047-117810.1177/004711782211496362-s2.0-85146522994http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00471178221149636https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/7571This contribution to the Forum, Anxiety and possibility: the many future(s) of COVID-19, develops a conception of uncertainty as constituted by cognitive (awareness of possibilities) and affective (mood in which possibility is encountered) dimensions. Based on this conception, it is suggested that the COVID-19 crisis has led to a qualitative leap in our already growing sense of uncertainty, both accentuating our awareness of possibilities that are unforeseen, and rendering us attuned to the world in anxiety rather than fear.International relationsJournal Article1741-2862917087800001Q212303