Moralité et santé, couverture rigide par Brandt, Allan M. (EDT); Rozin, offres Paul (EDT), ...

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Morality and Health, Hardcover by Brandt, Allan M. (EDT); Rozin, Paul (EDT), ISBN 0415915813, ISBN-13 9780415915816, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK

From the castigation and stigmatization of victims of AIDS to our celebration of diet, exercise and fitness, the moral categorization of health and disease reflects contemporary notions that disease results from moral failure and that health is the representation of moral triumph. Ranging across academic disciplines and historical time periods, the essays in <em>Morality and</em> <em>Health</em> offer a compelling assessment of the powerful role of moral systems for judging the complex questions of risk and responsibility for disease, the experience of illness, and social and cultural responses to those who are sick. Contributors include Keith Thomas, Charles Rosenberg, Richard Shweder, Arthur Kleinman, David Mechanic, Nancy Tomes and Linda Gordon..