Alcohol consumption remains the leading cause of morbidity and premature mortality of young and middle-aged adults in Poland. Both vodka and beer consumption levels have increased in Poland in the last 15 years due to alcohol tax decreases and lax marketing laws. In 2008 the Polish spirits...

This article discusses the results from surveys on knowledge, behaviours, and satisfaction from the meeting conducted during the Health Promotion Foundation’s (HPF) seminars with health professionals and public health students. Both groups were trained by the Foundation to speak with primary...

Science denialism is characterized by the refusal to accept existing consensus and available evidence. Typical strategies denialists employ include spreading conspiracies, selective use of information, relying on fake experts, or general fallacies in logic. A flood of misinformation, fake news, and conspiracy theories accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic. Simultaneously, it was a subject of many denialistic opinions, from denying the existence of the epidemic challenge to claims that questioned the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines. This study’s main aim was to assess the manifestations of denialism in attitudes toward the preventive measures recommended during the pandemic, with a special focus on vaccination. In-depth interviews were conducted with fifty representatives of the general population, demonstrating diversified opinions about COVID-19 vaccines and other preventive behaviors. The interviews were performed face to face in participants’ houses or at other places they identified as convenient. Some of the interviewees preferred to do the interview via teleconference. The interviews were carried out from November 2022 to March 2023. The interviewees were recruited initially by convenience, and in further stages, the snowball technique was used. The interviewees were residents of four main administrative districts in Poland. Out of 50 participants, 26 were males, 29 were between 18–40, 16 were inhabitants of rural areas, and 28 had a university level of education. The interviews were based on a semi-structured guide that addressed, in addition to views about the origin of the new coronavirus, respondents’ attitudes toward vaccination and sanitary recommendation, the health status of interviewees, their use of healthcare services, and their health behaviors. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed with MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2022 software (Release 22.7.0). Thematic analysis (TA) was applied to the content generated from the interviews. Based on the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine, the participants were divided into three groups: unvaccinated, hesitant, and vaccinated (18, 4, and 28 interviewees, respectively). The main themes were established based on the TA of the interviews: attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination, perception of sources of information, and the origin of the new coronavirus. The first theme decidedly drew the greatest attention of the interviewees. There was also a clear relationship between vaccination status and the presence of denialist thinking among interviewees. Interestingly, the role of experts as a key source of information about the pandemic was underlined by study participants. However, the criteria for being an expert differed. The subject of the origin of a new coronavirus was not interesting to interviewees. The analysis of the adherence to preventive measures revealed an interplay of diversified attitudes and motivations. Individuals presenting denialist views most frequently abstained from COVID-19 vaccination. However, such views were also present among those who hesitated or even among those who had been vaccinated. Furthermore, denialism was only one of the determinants of adherence to preventive measures.

Artykuł prezentuje wyniki badania jakościowego dotyczącego powiązań pomiędzy postawami negacjonistycznymi a zaufaniem do instytucji ochrony zdrowia. 13 pogłębionych wywiadów indywidualnych z osobami prezentującymi postawy negacjonistyczne zostało poddanych jakościowej analizie treści z wykorzystaniem programu MaxQda. W wyniku analizy uzyskano podział narracji występujących w wywiadach na podgrupy: sceptyczne zagubione, sceptyczne zdrworozsądkowe, sceptyzczne indywidualistyczne i negacjonistyczne. Występujące w wypowiedziach pokazują istnienie relacji pomiędzy poglądami negacjonistycznymi, zaufaniem do instytucji medycznych i ich przedstawicieli oraz procesami kulturowymi charakterystycznymi dla okresu nowoczesności refleksyjnej.

The article presents an analysis of the notion of debt in the context of Deleuzean philosophy of affect. The interpretation presented on the following pages is “indebted” to Lazzarato’s conception of the notion of debt as a figure of subjectivity typical for capitalism. Debt is understood as an assemblage of sad passions and considered in relation to social transformations, that have led to contemporary societies of control. The article shows the connection between the concept of debt and the process of individualization characteristic for contemporary society. Firstly, the concepts of control, debt and affect in the philosophy of Deleuze are put into consideration. Secondly, their relation to the forces and assemblages typical for contemporary societies is discussed. In order to grasp the social significance of the philosophical analysis, the article involves a sociological excursion that demonstrates sociological interpretation of the processes that were described in terms of philosophical analysis in the main body of the text.

W artykule wskazuję różnice pomiędzy Foucaultem i Deleuze’em w definiowaniu i odgrywaniu roli filozofa-intelektualisty. Tłem dla analizy jest opis specyficznego usytuowania filozofa w polu akademickim pomiędzy uniwersytetem, gdzie nie może osiągnąć wyższej pozycji, a działaniem publicznym w roli intelektualisty. Tekst skupia się na tym, jak wyobrażenia o tym, kim jest filozof jako myśliciel i jako „intelektualista zaangażowany”, współgrały z napięciami i przeobrażenia w polu tej dyscypliny w XX wieku.