{"product_id":"traditional-chinese-medicine-9780231175012","title":"Traditional Chinese Medicine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the English Edition\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Historical Foundations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Origins and Characteristics of Chinese Medicine\u003cbr\u003e2. The Lack of Existential Autonomy\u003cbr\u003e3. The Longing for Existential Autonomy\u003cbr\u003e4. Quotations from the Medical Classics\u003cbr\u003e5. The Banality of Violence\u003cbr\u003e6. The Mawangdui Texts\u003cbr\u003e7. Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology in the New Medicine\u003cbr\u003e8. Deficiencies in the Credibility of the New Medicine\u003cbr\u003e9. The Alternative Model: The View from Illness\u003cbr\u003e10. Radical Healing: Life as a Form of Disease\u003cbr\u003e11. Between Antiquity and the Modern Age\u003cbr\u003e12. Two Medical Authors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Modern and Contemporary Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. The Confrontation with the Western Way of Life\u003cbr\u003e14. The Persuasiveness of Western Medicine\u003cbr\u003e15. The Opinions of Intellectuals and Politicians\u003cbr\u003e16. The Selection\u003cbr\u003e17. The Surprise\u003cbr\u003e18. The Creative Reception of Chinese Medicine in the West\u003cbr\u003e19. The Objectification of the Discussion: Opportunity and Challenge\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742164123991,"sku":"9780231175012","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231175012.jpg?v=1758380920","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/traditional-chinese-medicine-9780231175012","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}