Social reproduction and health: contributions from Breilh and Lukács to social thinking in collective health
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the relationship between social reproduction and health based on the theories of Jaime Breilh and Georg Lukács. Methods: This is a theoretical-conceptual study grounded in the immanent analysis of works by these authors. Results: It was found that, for Breilh, socia...
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| author | Diego de Oliveira Souza |
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| description | ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the relationship between social reproduction and health based on the theories of Jaime Breilh and Georg Lukács. Methods: This is a theoretical-conceptual study grounded in the immanent analysis of works by these authors. Results: It was found that, for Breilh, social reproduction establishes the dimensional frameworks for the social determination of health: general, particular, and individual. The author also defines essential principles for transforming life: sustainability, sovereignty, solidarity, and integral security. Lukács, in turn, emphasizes the mediation between the reproduction of individuals and society, highlighting the primacy of labor, which produces use-value. Within this relationship, alienating mediations may emerge, leading to human degradation, including health impacts. Final considerations: Both perspectives offer elements for rethinking health practices. Despite their differences, they critique the structural inequalities inherent in the capitalist mode of production and their repercussions on health. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ec74d6a6d5574154914ea25d9d35b2692025-08-20T03:25:23ZengAssociação Brasileira de EnfermagemRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem1984-04462025-07-0178310.1590/0034-7167-2024-0428Social reproduction and health: contributions from Breilh and Lukács to social thinking in collective healthDiego de Oliveira Souzahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1103-5474ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the relationship between social reproduction and health based on the theories of Jaime Breilh and Georg Lukács. Methods: This is a theoretical-conceptual study grounded in the immanent analysis of works by these authors. Results: It was found that, for Breilh, social reproduction establishes the dimensional frameworks for the social determination of health: general, particular, and individual. The author also defines essential principles for transforming life: sustainability, sovereignty, solidarity, and integral security. Lukács, in turn, emphasizes the mediation between the reproduction of individuals and society, highlighting the primacy of labor, which produces use-value. Within this relationship, alienating mediations may emerge, leading to human degradation, including health impacts. Final considerations: Both perspectives offer elements for rethinking health practices. Despite their differences, they critique the structural inequalities inherent in the capitalist mode of production and their repercussions on health.http://revodonto.bvsalud.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672025000300400&lng=en&tlng=enChanges, SocialConditions, SocialThinkingPublic HealthHealth. |
| spellingShingle | Diego de Oliveira Souza Social reproduction and health: contributions from Breilh and Lukács to social thinking in collective health Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Changes, Social Conditions, Social Thinking Public Health Health. |
| title | Social reproduction and health: contributions from Breilh and Lukács to social thinking in collective health |
| title_full | Social reproduction and health: contributions from Breilh and Lukács to social thinking in collective health |
| title_fullStr | Social reproduction and health: contributions from Breilh and Lukács to social thinking in collective health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social reproduction and health: contributions from Breilh and Lukács to social thinking in collective health |
| title_short | Social reproduction and health: contributions from Breilh and Lukács to social thinking in collective health |
| title_sort | social reproduction and health contributions from breilh and lukacs to social thinking in collective health |
| topic | Changes, Social Conditions, Social Thinking Public Health Health. |
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