Abstract
From 1970’s theorists in History have noted the arrival of a new era known as Postmodernity, late-Modernity or reflexive Modernity. This new era, our current time, comes marked by the end of the ‘great stories’ that made western world comprehensible since ancient times, and cracking old certainties and putting the Subject in terms of social atomization and an accused self-responsibility. These ideological and social changes have brought profound consequences in many spheres (fields, scopes) in western human life, such as work, social (personal) relationships or politics, from where medicine and western practices don’t (seem to) escape. On this basis, this article tries to analyze, firstly, the meanings and difficulties of this new era; from there, and secondly, it tries to understand the consequences that these changes and variations are assuming for professionals in the fields of medicine and health.
Highlights
RESUMEN Desde los años 70 del pasado siglo, los teóricos de la historia han señalado el advenimiento de una nueva época, adjetivada como postmodernidad, Modernidad tardía o Modernidad reflexiva
RESUMO Desde os anos 70 do passado século, os teóricos da história têm assinalado a chegada de uma nova época, adjetivada como postmodernidad, Modernidad tardia ou Modernidad reflexiva
Lo que por otro lado debe servir de acicate para que las nuevas cosmovisiones que está generando la modernidad tardía sean tenidas muy en cuenta por nuestra medicina y sus profesionales sanitarios, que son quienes, en definitiva, han de actuar como tales en esta nueva epocalidad
Summary
RESUMEN Desde los años 70 del pasado siglo, los teóricos de la historia han señalado el advenimiento de una nueva época, adjetivada como postmodernidad, Modernidad tardía o Modernidad reflexiva. El nuestro, vendría marcado por el fin de los grandes relatos que hicieron comprensible el mundo humano occidental desde la Antigüedad, resquebrajando las viejas certidumbres y arrojando al sujeto a la atomización social y la auto-responsabilidad exacerbada de su propia existencia.
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