Traditional Chinese Medicine: Heritage and Adaptation

Paul U. Unschuld

Published by Columbia University Press 2018

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Heritage and Adaptation

Paul U. Unschuld
Translated by: Bridie Andrews

https://doi.org/10.7312/unsc17500

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About this book

This 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.

Author / Editor information

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

Reviews

Shigehisa Kuriyama, Harvard University:
What exactly is traditional Chinese medicine and how did it develop? In this synoptic overview composed for a general audience, Paul Unschuld draws upon his deep knowledge of the history of medicine in China to offer an extraordinarily vigorous and trenchant critique of the popular myths and misconceptions surrounding traditional Chinese medicine.

[Unschuld is] the West’s leading authority on ancient Chinese healing practices. One of the first Western scholars to tackle Chinese medicine in a systematic and serious way, Dr. Unschuld has seen his subject more as a way to interpret Chinese civilization than as a New Age answer to modern medicine.

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

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface To The English Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. The Historical Foundations
1. Origins And Characteristics Of Chinese Medicine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. The Lack Of Existential Autonomy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
3. The Longing For Existential Autonomy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
4. Quotations From The Medical Classics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
5. The Banality Of Violence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
6. The Mawangdui Texts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
7. Anatomy, Physiology, And Pathology In The New Medicine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
8. Deficiencies In The Credibility Of The New Medicine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
9. The Alternative Model: The View From Illness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
10. Radical Healing: Life As A Form Of Disease Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
11. Between Antiquity And The Modern Age Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
12. Two Medical Authors Of The Ming And Qing Dynasties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
II. Modern And Contemporary Times
13. The Confrontation With The Western Way Of Life Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
14. The Persuasiveness Of Western Medicine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
15. The Opinions Of Intellectuals And Politicians Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
16. The Selection Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
17. The Surprise Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
18. The Creative Reception Of Chinese Medicine In The West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
19. The Objectification Of The Discussion: Opportunity And Challenge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

eBook

Published: January 14, 2019
ISBN: 9780231546263