The healthism by Robert Crawford and the sanitary authoritarianism update in our daily life

Authors

  • Danielle Ribeiro de Moraes Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  • Luis David Castiel Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v13i1.1731

Keywords:

Healthism, Public health, Neoliberalism, Health promotion, Medical discourse.

Abstract

In this essay, we explore possibilities of using the concept of healthism, as discussed by Robert Crawford in 1980. We emphasize the individualized dimension exposed in the development of this concept, presenting it as a central aspect in medical discourse, which operates on the basis of dominant idea of health promotion and its related actions. This centrality occupies a strategic place in the present time, inasmuch as it impels depoliticized and authoritarian practices and a sanitary morality, consistent with neoliberal rationality.

Author Biographies

Danielle Ribeiro de Moraes, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Doutorado em Saúde Pública pela Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.

Luis David Castiel, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Doutorado em Saúde Pública pela Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.

Published

2019-03-29

How to Cite

Moraes, D. R. de, & Castiel, L. D. (2019). The healthism by Robert Crawford and the sanitary authoritarianism update in our daily life. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v13i1.1731