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A.Szerląg(Editedby),Healthinpedagogicaldiscoursesandschoolpractices.Selectedperspectives,Kraków2010
ISBN:978-83-7587-418-1,©byOficynaWydawnicza„Impuls”2010
M.Wójta-Kempa,I.Taranowicz,A.M.Fal.Healthasavalueinpostmodernsociety
enablesspendinglifeinachosen–activeandenjoyable–way.Itallowstoplay
everysocialrole,whichindividualwantstoplaywithoutanylimitationsandpres-
sure.Healthisdefinedintermsofsocialactivityandefficiency,independentlyof
anillness.
Table2.CommondefinitionsofhealthbyIwonaTaranowicz
physicalandmentalfitness
nohealthtroubles
wellbeing
activity
self-sufficient,independence
statedefinedbythedoctor
total
Whatisyourdefinitionofhealth?
frequency
N=384
179
58
52
46
29
20
100,0
46,6
13,5
12,0
14,8
%
7,6
5,2
Source:I.Taranowicz,Zdrowie...,op.cit.,p.160.
Tegenuinevalueofhealthmightbeclearlyshownwhenwedonotaskabout
itdirectly.Forexample,theparticipantsofthePublicOpinionResearchCentre
surveywereaskedwhathasastrongerinfluenceonreachingthesuccess:good
look(haircut,make-upandclothing)orslimfigureandmuscularbody.About
45%ofrespondentsclaimthatthegoodlookismoreefficientthanthehealthof
thebody(29%ofthemthinkthatbody-lookismoreimportant).Itissignificant
thatrespondentschoosefactorsbasedonnon-healthyactivities,whichdonot
forcetoconstraintsandmanyself-denials.Tosefindingsleadustothestate-
mentthatmodernsocietyanditsrepresentatives–paradoxically–donotreward
individualswhotakecareoftheirhealth.Inthiscontextwecouldsaythatother
lifevaluesandrolesaremoreimportantthanhealth.Ifanindividualwouldlive
inamorebalancedmanner(livehealthier,workless,sleepmoreetc.)heorshe
wouldbeprofessionallyandsociallypushedto‘normal’lifeand‘normal’social
roles.
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