Author, as appears in the article.: David Wenceslau L; Ortega F
Department: Antropologia, Filosofia i Treball Social
URV's Author/s: Ortega Guerrero, Francisco Javier
Keywords: Ontologization Moral anthropology Medical anthropology Global mental health Didier fassin Culture Arthur kleinman
Abstract: Global Mental Health is a field of research and practice that addresses the expansion of universal and equitable mental health care worldwide. This article explores the ways the concept of culture is employed in Global Mental Health literature. Global Mental Health advocates and critics assume an ontological separation between ‘nature’ and ‘culture’ to typify mental illness, linking it predominantly to one or the other of these two categories. Advocates of Global Mental Health view mental disorders as a nature–culture hybrid, while critics see them as typically cultural phenomena. The cultural critique of Global Mental Health can be strengthened by a sociological approach to both the role of critique and the uses of the concept of culture within social sciences. As an alternative to the ontologization of culture, we propose a different theoretical approach to the social issues involved in the expansion of international public health care in mental health: Arthur Kleinman's and Didier Fassin’s moral anthropological approaches.
Thematic Areas: Sociology and political science Sociologia i política Sociología Social sciences, interdisciplinary Social sciences (miscellaneous) Social sciences (all) Psicología Letras / linguística General social sciences Engenharias iii Cultural studies Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Ciências ambientais Ciência política e relações internacionais Anthropology
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: franciscojavier.ortega@urv.cat franciscojavier.ortega@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-5039-9449 0000-0002-5039-9449
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Link to the original source: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02632764211039282
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Theory Culture & Society. 39 (3): 99-119
APA: David Wenceslau L; Ortega F (2022). The ‘Cultures’ of Global Mental Health. Theory Culture & Society, 39(3), 99-119. DOI: 10.1177/02632764211039282
Article's DOI: 10.1177/02632764211039282
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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