Awards

• Winner of Special Book Award of China 2017

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Author:   Paul U. Unschuld ,  Bridie Andrews
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
ISBN:  

9780231175005

ISBN 10:   0231175000
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   09 January 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

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

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This small volume by one of the most distinguished living historians of traditional Chinese medicine is a tour de force of specialist knowledge. -- Victor H. Mair, University of Pennsylvania

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Paul U. Unschuld is the director of the Horst-Goertz-Institute for the Theory, History, and Ethics of Chinese Life Sciences, Charite-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).

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