We Desire “Health”

The idea that “we” ought to be healthy is a recent invention. It co-evolves with the enclosure of the commons, the erosion of lifeways which share in the land as a partner for flourishing.

The idea that “we” ought to be healthy is a recent invention. It co-evolves with the enclosure of the commons, the erosion of lifeways which share in the land as a partner for maintaining flourishing eco-social systems. Public health as a top-down institution arises in the wake of the collapse of community care. Only after the destruction of access to f…