Being human in a Buddhist world : an intellectual history of medicine in early modern Tibet / Janet...
Being human in a Buddhist world : an intellectual history of medicine in early modern Tibet / Janet...
Being human in a Buddhist world : an intellectual history of medicine in early modern Tibet / Janet Gyatso.
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New York : Columbia University Press, 2015.
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G 2016/2032
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 519 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
computer
Carrier type
volume
online resource
Contents
Part I: In the Capital -- 1. Reading Paintings, Painting the Medical, Medicalizing the State -- 2. Anatomy of an Attitude: Medicine Comes of Age -- Part II: Bones of Contention -- 3. The Word of the Buddha -- 4. The Evidence of the Body: Medical Channels. Tantric Knowing -- 5. Tangled Up in System:...
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
"Critically exploring medical thought in a cultural milieu with no discernible influence from the European Enlightenment, Being Human in a Buddhist World reveals an otherwise unnoticed intersection of early modern sensibilities and religious values in traditional Tibetan medicine. It further studies the adaptation of Buddhist concepts and values to...
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Being human in a Buddhist world : an intellectual history of medicine in early modern Tibet / Janet Gyatso.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-498) and index.
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©2015.
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G 2016/2032
Record Identifier
74VKzQxzvaN3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzQxzvaN3
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ISBN
9780231164962 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
294.3/366109515
MMS ID
991023561259702626
