Planet Medicine: From Stone Age Shamanism to Post-Industrial Healing - Couverture souple

Grossinger, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0394712382 ISBN 13 : 9780394712383

Editeur : Shambhala Pubns, 1982

Synopsis

Book by Grossinger Richard

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"Every chapter challenges countercultural cliches and assumtions while revealing a deep sympathy for—and the necessity for—alternative modes of healing. This book provides a comprehensive philosophical and historical overview of healing throughout the planet."—New Age Journal"A remarkable book that looks at not only the history of medicine but the deeper anthropological and psychocultural roots of the ideas of healing that have appeared all across human history. In both its factual and speculative content it is brilliant and original..."—Richard Grossman"In this brilliant and original book, healing is taken from its contemporary limited definition into the universal realm of humanity's primary knowledge, bridging cultural and metaphysical assumptions about the meaning of disease and cure. From Stone Age shamanism to post-industrial medicine, Grossinger, an anthropologist, leads us through a dazzling, erudite account of the beginning concepts of medicine, healing, and cultural beliefs about disease."—Irene Alleger, Townsend Letter for Doctors

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Planet Medicine is a major work by an anthropologist who looks at medicine in a broad context. In this edition, additions to this classic text include a section on Reiki, a comparison of types of palpation used in healing, updates on craniosacral therapy, and a means of understanding how different alternative medicines actually work. Illustrated throughout, this is the standard on the history, philosophy, and anthropology of this subject.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Shambhala Pubns
• Date d'édition: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0394712382
• ISBN 13: 9780394712383
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 436