On acceleration and alienation in medicine： based on Hartmut Rosa’s critical theory of social acceleration
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2025.03.13
- VernacularTitle:论医学的加速与异化： 基于哈特穆特·罗萨的社会加速批判理论
- Author:
Yan ZHANG
1
;
Rui DENG
1
Author Information
1. School of Humanities and Social Sciences， Shanxi Medical University， Taiyuan 030001， China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
medicine;
Hartmut Rosa;
critical theory of social accleration
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2025;38(3):357-363
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The accelerated development of modern medicine is a key force in safeguard human health， but there has also been a phenomenon of alienation. Interpreting the development of modern medicine from the perspective of Hartmut Rosa’s socially accelerated critical thought is a powerful explanatory framework for profoundly dissecting the development of medicine in the post-medical era and an entry point for diagnosing medical ailments. The development of medicine follows a “dynamic stability” model from three aspects， including technology， structure， and the pace of subjective life， entering a self-accelerating cycle system. In the infinite acceleration cycle， there are new manifestations of alienation， such as the abstraction of medical space， the subjectification of medical technology， the retreat of the humanistic spirit， the increasing poverty of life experience， and the elimination of doctor-patient identity. According to Rosa’s path of realizing the “good life”， the solution to medical alienation lies in establishing a “resonance” relationship， fostering the concept of medical humanization， constructing rational communication in medical language， and exploring new development concepts in medicine. These are effective ways to reconcile the relationship between medical development and other social factors.
