Healing Across Boundaries

Bio-Medicine and Alternative Therapeutics
Herausgeber: Paranjape, Makarand R

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

By facilitating a dialogue between bio-medicine and alternative therapeutics, especially Ayurveda, this book explores different perspectives on healing, uncovering how the dominant system of healthcare in today's world relates to traditional healing practices. The volume takes into account the views of leading doctors and medical researchers, Ayurvedic practitioners, philosophers, psychologists, sociologists and cultural critics.

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This unique volume initiates a dialogue between bio-medicine and alternative therapeutics. Undertaking a multidisciplinary exploration of the science and spirituality of healing and wellness, it offers varied perspectives from doctors, medical researchers, Ayurvedic practitioners, philosophers, psychologists, sociologists, and cultural critics. It expands the horizons of health sciences in engaging with diverse traditions - bio-medicine, Ayurveda, Siddha, and Jaina bio-ethics. The book will interest scholars and researchers in social and community medicine, biological sciences, sociology and social anthropology, as well as cultural studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9781138795976
• ISBN-10: 1138795976
• Artikelnr.: 41096819

Autorenporträt

Makarand R. Paranjape is Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Preface. Introduction: The Terms of the Dialogue: A Conversation
with Pushpa Mittra Bhargava and P. Ram Manohar Makarand R. Paranjape 1.
Science, Spirituality and Healing: In Search of Definitions P. Ram Manohar
2. Beyond Mind-Body Medicine Ramesh Bijlani 3. Spirituality and Health O.
P. Yadava 4. Healing Minds and Bodies: What Place for Spirituality? Roger
Worthington 5. The Culture and Philosophy of Bio-medicine in India:
Critical Sociological Reflections Suhita Chopra Chatterjee 6.
Spirituality, Mental Health and Perfectionism Nilanjana Sanyal 7. The
Doctrine of the Three Humours in Traditional Indian Medicine Hartmut
Scharfe 8. The Body in the System of Medicine: Caraka and Harvey Anuradha
Veeravalli 9. Network of Touch in Spiritual Healing: Pancikarana-prakriya
Piyali Palit 10. Bio-ethical Issues: Jaina Perspective and Prospects Asha
Mukherjee 11. 'Yogi-doctors' and Occult Healing Arts: Holistic Therapeutics
at Sri Aurobindo Ashram Makarand R. Paranjape. Conclusion: The Science and
Spirituality of Healing. About the Editor. Notes on Contributors and
Discussants. Index