Modern and global Ayurveda : pluralism and paradigms

Modern and global Ayurveda : pluralism and paradigms / edited by Dagmar Wujastyk and Frederick M. Smith.

"Modern and Global Ayurveda provides an overview of the relatively recent history of Ayurveda in its modern and globalized forms. One of the traditional medical systems originating on the Indian subcontinent, Ayurveda is fast becoming a transnational phenomenon. Contributors to this volume incl...

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Other Authors: Wujastyk, Dagmar, Smith, Frederick M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2008.
©2008
Subjects:
Medicine, Ayurvedic.
Medicine, Ayurvedic > History.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
MEDICAL.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
Medicine, Ayurvedic
Europe.
Europe
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Plural medicine and East-West dialogue / Mike Saks
  • The evolution of Indian government policy on Ayurveda in the twentieth century / Dominik Wujastyk
  • Divorcing Ayurveda: Siddha medicine and the quest for uniqueness / Richard S. Weiss
  • Ayurveda and the making of the urban middle class in north India, 1900-1945 / Rachel Berger
  • The ayurvedic diaspora: a personal account / Robert E. Svoboda
  • An overview of the education and practice of global Ayurveda / Claudia Welch
  • Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia databases in the context of the revitalization of traditional medicine / Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana
  • The woes of ojas in the modern world / G. Jan Meulenbeld
  • Ayurveda and sexuality: sex therapy and the "paradox of virility" / Joseph S. Alter
  • Ayurveda in modern India: standardization and pharmaceuticalization / Madhulika Banerjee
  • Practicing Ayurveda in the United Kingdom: a time of challenges and opportunities / Sebastian Pole
  • Cultural loss and remembrance in contemporary ayurvedic medical practice / Manasi Tirodkar
  • Practicing Ayurveda in the western world: a case study from Germany / Ananda Samir Chopra
  • Ayurvedic medicine in Britain and the epistemology of practicing medicine in "good faith" / Suzanne Newcombe
  • Maharishi ayur-ved: a controversial model of global Ayurveda / Françoise Jeannotat
  • Maharishi ayur-veda: "perfect health" through enlightened marketing in America / Cynthia Ann Humes.

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