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Zusatztext Unschuld's critique of Chinese medicine (past and present) provides readers with a very useful resource for understanding the development of Chinese medicine and for thinking about the future of TCM and its incorporation into Western health care systems. Informationen zum Autor Paul U. Unschuld is the director of the Institute for the Theory! History! and Ethics of Chinese Life Sciences! Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin. His books include What Is Medicine? Western and Eastern Approaches to Healing (2009) and The Fall and Rise of China: Healing the Trauma of History (2013). Klappentext This book explains the ideas and practice of Chinese medicine from its beginnings in antiquity to today. Paul U. Unschuld describes medicine's close connection with politics and society! bringing together texts! techniques! and worldviews to understand changing Chinese attitudes toward healing and the significance of traditional medicine today. Zusammenfassung This book explains the ideas and practice of Chinese medicine from its beginnings in antiquity to today. Paul U. Unschuld describes medicine’s close connection with politics and society, bringing together texts, techniques, and worldviews to understand changing Chinese attitudes toward healing and the significance of traditional medicine today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the English Edition Introduction Part I: The Historical Foundations 1. Origins and Characteristics of Chinese Medicine 2. The Lack of Existential Autonomy 3. The Longing for Existential Autonomy 4. Quotations from the Medical Classics 5. The Banality of Violence 6. The Mawangdui Texts 7. Anatomy! Physiology! and Pathology in the New Medicine 8. Deficiencies in the Credibility of the New Medicine 9. The Alternative Model: The View from Illness 10. Radical Healing: Life as a Form of Disease 11. Between Antiquity and the Modern Age 12. Two Medical Authors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties Part II: Modern and Contemporary Times 13. The Confrontation with the Western Way of Life 14. The Persuasiveness of Western Medicine 15. The Opinions of Intellectuals and Politicians 16. The Selection 17. The Surprise 18. The Creative Reception of Chinese Medicine in the West 19. The Objectification of the Discussion: Opportunity and Challenge Epilogue Notes Index ...
