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SHAMANS, MYSTICS & DOCTORS (ISBN 9780226422794) is a provocative exploration of healing across cultures, weaving together ancient practice, spiritual insight, and empirical inquiry to illuminate how humans seek relief from suffering. This volume scrutinizes the intersections of shamans, mystics, and medical science, offering a compelling lens on the boundaries between belief, ritual, and evidence. It stands as a provocative contribution to the dialogue between traditional healing arts and contemporary medicine.
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The book traverses diverse traditions, detailing how shamans invoke nonordinary realities, how mystics pursue transformative experiences, and how doctors interpret healing within modern clinical frameworks. It juxtaposes ritualized care with evidence-based medicine, illustrating the nuanced ways communities experience illness, Holistic care, and the meanings patients attach to care. Through case studies, historical narratives, and theoretical reflections, the volume maps a terrain where ritual, belief, and science coexist and clash.
About the authors
Written by a team of scholars and practitioners who bring anthropological depth and medical insight, the book foregrounds cross-cultural perspectives on healing. The contributors—primarily researchers with a focus on medical anthropology, religious studies, and history of medicine—offer rigorous analysis while remaining accessible to readers from varied backgrounds. Their collaborative approach emphasizes synthesis over citation-heavy debates, delivering a holistic portrait of how healing traditions inform patient experience and clinical practice.
In brief
The work challenges conventional boundaries between shamanic, mystical, and medical approaches to healing, highlighting their complementary roles in addressing illness, suffering, and the quest for meaning.
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1991, ISBN: 0226422798
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1991
ISBN: 9780226422794
University Of Chicago Press, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Revised, 316 Seiten, Publiziert: 1991-04-09T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.85 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2498492, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategori… More...
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About the work
SHAMANS, MYSTICS & DOCTORS (ISBN 9780226422794) is a provocative exploration of healing across cultures, weaving together ancient practice, spiritual insight, and empirical inquiry to illuminate how humans seek relief from suffering. This volume scrutinizes the intersections of shamans, mystics, and medical science, offering a compelling lens on the boundaries between belief, ritual, and evidence. It stands as a provocative contribution to the dialogue between traditional healing arts and contemporary medicine.
Summary
The book traverses diverse traditions, detailing how shamans invoke nonordinary realities, how mystics pursue transformative experiences, and how doctors interpret healing within modern clinical frameworks. It juxtaposes ritualized care with evidence-based medicine, illustrating the nuanced ways communities experience illness, Holistic care, and the meanings patients attach to care. Through case studies, historical narratives, and theoretical reflections, the volume maps a terrain where ritual, belief, and science coexist and clash.
About the authors
Written by a team of scholars and practitioners who bring anthropological depth and medical insight, the book foregrounds cross-cultural perspectives on healing. The contributors—primarily researchers with a focus on medical anthropology, religious studies, and history of medicine—offer rigorous analysis while remaining accessible to readers from varied backgrounds. Their collaborative approach emphasizes synthesis over citation-heavy debates, delivering a holistic portrait of how healing traditions inform patient experience and clinical practice.
In brief
The work challenges conventional boundaries between shamanic, mystical, and medical approaches to healing, highlighting their complementary roles in addressing illness, suffering, and the quest for meaning.
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EAN (ISBN-13): 9780226422794
ISBN (ISBN-10): 0226422798
Paperback
Publishing year: 1991
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
316 Pages
Weight: 0,381 kg
Language: eng/Englisch
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ISBN/EAN: 0226422798
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0-226-42279-8, 978-0-226-42279-4
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Book author: kakar sudhir
Book title: india, psychological healing, shamans and traditions, shamans mystics and doctors, inro
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