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Title:
Traditional Chinese medicine : heritage and adaptation / Paul U. Unschuld ; translated by Bridie J. Andrews.
Author:
Unschuld, Paul U. (Paul Ulrich), 1943- author.
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Call Number:
R127.1 .U57 2018
ISBN:
9780231175005

9780231175012
Physical Description:
xii, 169 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I. The historical foundations. Origins and characteristics of Chinese medicine -- The lack of existential autonomy -- The longing for existential autonomy -- Quotations from the medical classics -- The banality of violence -- The Mawangdui texts -- Anatomy, physiology, and pathology in the new medicine -- Deficiencies in the credibility of the new medicine -- The alternative model : the view from illness -- Radical healing : life as a form of disease -- Between antiquity and the modern age -- Two medical authors of the Ming and Qing dynasties -- Part II. Modern and contemporary times. The confrontation with the western way of life -- The persuasiveness of Chinese medicine -- The opinions of intellectuals and politicians -- The selection -- The surprise -- The creative reception of Chinese medicine in the west -- The objectification of the discussion : opportunity and challenge -- Epilogue.
Uniform Title:
Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin. English
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