Risk as Moral Danger: The Social and Political Functions of Risk Discourse in Public Health
Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 1993-07-01
wos Q1
SJR: —
CiteScore: —
Impact factor: 3.1
ISSN: 00207314, 15414469
PubMed ID:
8375947
Health Policy
Abstract
Risk is a concept with multiple meanings and is ideologically loaded. The author reviews the literature on risk perception and risk as a sociocultural construct, with particular reference to the domain of public health. Pertinent examples of the political and moral function of risk discourse in public health are given. The author concludes that risk discourse is often used to blame the victim, to displace the real reasons for ill-health upon the individual, and to express outrage at behavior deemed socially unacceptable, thereby exerting control over the body politic as well as the body corporeal. Risk discourse is redolent with the ideologies of mortality, danger, and divine retribution. Risk, as it is used in modern society, therefore cannot be considered a neutral term.
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Lupton D. Risk as Moral Danger: The Social and Political Functions of Risk Discourse in Public Health // International Journal of Health Services. 1993. Vol. 23. No. 3. pp. 425-435.
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Lupton D. Risk as Moral Danger: The Social and Political Functions of Risk Discourse in Public Health // International Journal of Health Services. 1993. Vol. 23. No. 3. pp. 425-435.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.2190/16ay-e2gc-dfld-51x2
UR - https://doi.org/10.2190/16ay-e2gc-dfld-51x2
TI - Risk as Moral Danger: The Social and Political Functions of Risk Discourse in Public Health
T2 - International Journal of Health Services
AU - Lupton, Deborah
PY - 1993
DA - 1993/07/01
PB - SAGE
SP - 425-435
IS - 3
VL - 23
PMID - 8375947
SN - 0020-7314
SN - 1541-4469
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@article{1993_Lupton,
author = {Deborah Lupton},
title = {Risk as Moral Danger: The Social and Political Functions of Risk Discourse in Public Health},
journal = {International Journal of Health Services},
year = {1993},
volume = {23},
publisher = {SAGE},
month = {jul},
url = {https://doi.org/10.2190/16ay-e2gc-dfld-51x2},
number = {3},
pages = {425--435},
doi = {10.2190/16ay-e2gc-dfld-51x2}
}
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Lupton, Deborah. “Risk as Moral Danger: The Social and Political Functions of Risk Discourse in Public Health.” International Journal of Health Services, vol. 23, no. 3, Jul. 1993, pp. 425-435. https://doi.org/10.2190/16ay-e2gc-dfld-51x2.