Description
Product ID: | 9781032110257 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Needham Research Institute Series |
Title: | Asian Medical Industries |
Subtitle: | Contemporary Perspectives on Traditional Pharmaceuticals |
Authors: | Author: Calum Blaikie, Stephan Kloos |
Page Count: | 352 |
Subjects: | Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Sociology, Anthropology, Manufacturing industries, Medical sociology, Pharmacology, Human biology, Complementary therapies, healing and health, Sociology, Anthropology, Pharmaceutical industries, Medical sociology, Pharmacology, Medical anthropology, Complementary therapies, healing & health, Asia |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This book develops the concept of Asian Medical Industries as a novel perspective on traditional Asian medicines. This book develops the concept of Asian Medical Industries as a novel perspective on traditional Asian medicines. Complementing and updating existing work in this field, the book provides a critical and comparative analytic framework for understanding Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Sowa Rigpa, and Japanese Kampo in the 21st century. No longer subaltern health resources or conservative systems of traditional knowledge, these medicines have become an integral part of modern Asia as innovative, lucrative industries. Ten original case studies employ insights from anthropology, history, geography, pharmaceutical sciences, botany, and economics to trace the transformation of Asian medical traditions into rapidly growing and dynamic pharmaceutical industries. Collectively, these contributions identify this as a major phenomenon impacting Asian and global healthcare, economics, cultural politics, and environments. The book suggests that we can learn more about Asian medicines today by approaching them as industries rather than as cultural or epistemic systems. Asian Medical Industries is a highly original resource for students and scholars across a range of academic fields such as anthropology, history, and Asian studies, as well as medical practitioners, health sector actors, and policymakers. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-09-25 |