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The Cult and Science of Public Health - A Sociological Investigation (Hardcover, New)
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The Cult and Science of Public Health - A Sociological Investigation (Hardcover, New)
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In contemporary manifestations of public health rituals and events,
people are being increasingly united around what they hold in
common - their material being and humanity. As a cult of humanity,
public health provides a moral force in society that replaces
traditional religions in times of great diversity or heterogeneity
of peoples, activities, and desires. This is in contrast to public
health's foundation in science, particularly the science of
epidemiology. The rigid rules of scientific evidence used to
determine the cause of illness and disease can work against the
most vulnerable in society by putting sectors of the population,
such as underrepresented workers, at a disadvantage. This study
focuses on this tension between the traditional science and the
changing vision articulated within public health (and across many
disciplines) that calls for a collective response to uncontrolled
capitalism and unremitting globalization, and to the way in which
health inequalities and their association with social inequalities
provides a political rhetoric that calls for a new redistributive
social programme. Drawing on decades of research, the author argues
that public health is both a cult and a science of contemporary
society.
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