This book analyzes Tibetan medicine in the twenty-first century by considering the contemporary reasons that have led to its diversity and asking how Tibetan medicine fits into the globalized context of the medical world today. 'Winner of the ICAS Colleagues Choice Award 2009"
This book analyzes Tibetan medicine in the twenty-first century by considering the contemporary reasons that have led to its diversity and asking how Tibetan medicine fits into the globalized context of the medical world today. 'Winner of the ICAS Colleagues Choice Award 2009"
Laurent Pordié is Director of the Department of Social Sciences at the French Institute of Pondicherry, India and a Fellow at the Centre de Recherche 'Cultures, Santé, Sociétés' (CReCSS), Paul Cézanne University at Aix-Marseille.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Margaret Lock Introduction 1. Tibetan Medicine Today. Neo-Traditionalism as an Analytical Lens and a Political Tool Laurent Pordié Part 1: Modern Institutionalization 2. Inventing Tradition: Tibetan Medicine in the Post-Socialist Contexts of China and Mongolia Craig R. Janes and Casey Hilliard 3. Place and Professionalization: Navigating Amchi Identity in Nepal Sienna R. Craig 4. The Diffusion of Tibetan Medicine in China: A Descriptive Panorama Chen Hua Part 2: Today's Politics of Knowledge 5. Integration or Erasure?: Modernizing Medicine at Lhasa's Mentsikhang Vincanne Adams and Fei-Fei Li 6. Hijacking Intellectual Property Rights. Identities and Social Power in the Indian Himalayas Laurent Pordié 7. Tibetan Medicine and Biodiversity Management in Dolpo, Nepal. Negotiating Local and Global Worldviews, Knowledge and Practices Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas and Yeshi C. Lama Part 3: Tibetan Medicine and the West 8. The Integration of Tibetan Medicine in the United Kingdom: The Clinics of the Tara Institute of Medicine Colin Millard 9. Tibetan Medicine Revisited in the West. Notes on the Integrative Efforts and Transformative Consequences Occurring in Massachusetts, USA Ivette Vargas 10. An Ancient Medicine in a New World: A Tibetan Medicine Doctor's Reflection from 'Inside' Eliot Tokar Conclusion 11. The Politics of Tibetan Medicine and the Constitution of an Object of Study: Some Comments Geoffrey Samuel
Preface Margaret Lock Introduction 1. Tibetan Medicine Today. Neo-Traditionalism as an Analytical Lens and a Political Tool Laurent Pordié Part 1: Modern Institutionalization 2. Inventing Tradition: Tibetan Medicine in the Post-Socialist Contexts of China and Mongolia Craig R. Janes and Casey Hilliard 3. Place and Professionalization: Navigating Amchi Identity in Nepal Sienna R. Craig 4. The Diffusion of Tibetan Medicine in China: A Descriptive Panorama Chen Hua Part 2: Today's Politics of Knowledge 5. Integration or Erasure?: Modernizing Medicine at Lhasa's Mentsikhang Vincanne Adams and Fei-Fei Li 6. Hijacking Intellectual Property Rights. Identities and Social Power in the Indian Himalayas Laurent Pordié 7. Tibetan Medicine and Biodiversity Management in Dolpo, Nepal. Negotiating Local and Global Worldviews, Knowledge and Practices Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas and Yeshi C. Lama Part 3: Tibetan Medicine and the West 8. The Integration of Tibetan Medicine in the United Kingdom: The Clinics of the Tara Institute of Medicine Colin Millard 9. Tibetan Medicine Revisited in the West. Notes on the Integrative Efforts and Transformative Consequences Occurring in Massachusetts, USA Ivette Vargas 10. An Ancient Medicine in a New World: A Tibetan Medicine Doctor's Reflection from 'Inside' Eliot Tokar Conclusion 11. The Politics of Tibetan Medicine and the Constitution of an Object of Study: Some Comments Geoffrey Samuel
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