„Zdrowie” i „choroba” w perspektywie studiów nad dziejami pojęć społeczno-politycznych (szkic problematyki)
„Health” and „disease” from the perspective of studies on history of socio-political concepts (draft of issues)

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the text was to characterize selected contemporary ways of conceptualizing „health”and „disease”.„Health” and „disease” were treated as the basic concepts in the sense given to this term byR. Koselleck. This means that the content of „health” and „disease” remain a constant subject ofdisputes and negotiations. Their users variously understand „the state of health” and „the stateof disease”, try to spread and even impose its own definitions.The contemporary debate on „health” and „disease” is shrouded in a peculiar aura of suspicion.Many of its important participants don’t think about „disease” and „health” as a unifyingphenomena. Their comments suggest, however, that the sick and the healthy are separated withthe wall of incomprehension, impossible or nearly impossible to break through. Such an approachmay limit the social desire to talk, understood as a serious remedy for loneliness and themany ills of modern man. Meanwhile, by talking the doctor and the patient are able to create anatmosphere of mutual respect and kindness, which greatly simplifies life, making it better.

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