Description: The Body in Balance: Humoral Medicines in Practice (Epistemologies of Healing, 13) Horden, Peregrine and Hsu, Elisabeth Product Overview Focusing on practice more than theory, this collection offers new perspectives for studying the so-called “humoral medical traditions,” as they have flourished around the globe during the last 2,000 years. Exploring notions of “balance” in medical cultures across Eurasia, Africa and the Americas, from antiquity to the present, the volume revisits “harmony” and “holism” as main characteristics of those traditions. It foregrounds a dynamic notion of balance and asks how balance is defined or conceptualized, by whom, for whom and in what circumstances. Balance need not connoteegalitarianism or equilibrium. Rather, it alludes to morals of self care exercised in place of excessiveness and indulgences after long periods of a life in dearth. As the moral becomes visceral, the question arises: what constitutes the visceral in a body that is in constant flux and flow? How far, and in what ways, are there fundamental properties or constituents in those bodies? Read more Details Publisher : Berghahn Books; 1st edition (August 1, 2013) Language : English Hardcover : 300 pages ISBN-10 : 0857459821 ISBN-13 : 24 Item Weight : 1.26 pounds Dimensions : 6 x 0.69 x 9 inches Best Sellers Rank: #6,876,608 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #115 in Holistic Medicine (Books) #1,244 in History of Medicine (Books) #5,291 in General (Books) #115 in Holistic Medicine (Books) #1,244 in History of Medicine (Books) Stock Photos Please Note: All of our book listings use stock photos unless otherwise stated. Please read our descriptions for accurate conditions and editions, don't use the photos! Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.
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ISBN: 0857459821
ISBN10: 0857459821
ISBN13: 9780857459824
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Brand: Berghahn Books
GTIN: 09780857459824
Number of Pages: 300 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Body in Balance : Humoral Medicines in Practice
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2013
Subject: Holism, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, History
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Subject Area: Health & Fitness, Social Science, Medical
Author: Elisabeth Hsu
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Epistemologies of Healing Ser.
Format: Hardcover
