Abstract
Health and disease have physical realities, but they are also social constructs that are continuously redefined and lead to changing forms of health governance. The changing nature of health is related to and builds upon other contemporary societal trends of modernity such as individualization, differentiation, and globalization; it also contributes significantly to the concrete manifestation of these critical components of modern life. This means that health, as we understand it and live it today, is not only an outcome of other social and economic developments but a significant defining factor. The most obvious example is the increased health and life expectancy in modern societies which is redefining nearly every arena of social life and policy. Due to a lack of theory in health promotion we have not yet analyzed sufficiently how integral health is to Western modernity and who we are today.
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Kickbusch, I. (2007). Health Governance: The Health Society. In: Health and Modernity. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-37759-9_9
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