Health – society – education. The concepts of Erich Fromm and Theodore Brameld

Abstract

This paper attempts to show the impact of cultural processes on the state of society’s health. The text contains an overview of health definitions, revealing their increasing complexity resulting from the inclusion of growing number of extra-bodily factors. On the basis of the analyses carried out by Erich Fromm and Theodore Brameld, diagnosis of health state of developed modern Western society is presented. By way of summary, some proposals regarding education are drawn. Education, in order to support harmonious functioning of society, must have an impact on establishing health standards operating in that particular society.