Health Crisis and the Dual Reflexivity of Knowledge

Denis Bernardeau-Moreau
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Denis Bernardeau-Moreau: Multidisciplinary Research Unit for Sport, Health, Society (URePSSS), University of Lille, ULR 7369, F-59000 Lille, France

Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-7

Abstract: Although successive pandemic episodes adversely affect populations and it remains difficult to assess their long-term extent and impact, they may, paradoxically, have a positive effect. In fact, they can promote awareness by reviving a form of reflexivity with respect to public health, economic and social policies, and by driving in-depth reflection on the measures that must be taken to limit the current and future imbalances caused by human activity. Habermas emphasises that the reflexive “push” is no longer just a matter for experts; it is also collective, historical, and political, in the sense that it involves citizens who intend to weigh in on the debate and make their voices and wishes heard by policy-makers and economic actors. Reflecting upon the ethics of responsibility (Weber) is therefore essential. If we are to follow Giddens and Habermas’ thinking, this reflexivity represents an integral part of the modern age. Our intention, in this article, is to show how major events, beyond an initial period of shock, can help to awake different levels of reflexivity in individuals.

Keywords: health crisis; awareness; dual reflexivity of knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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