The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine - (Zone Books) by Shigehisa Kuriyama (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A meditation on the human body as described by the classical Greeks and by the ancient Chinese.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The true structure and workings of the human body are, we casually assume, everywhere the same, a universal reality. But when we look into the past, our sense of reality wavers: accounts of the body in diverse medical traditions often seem to describe mutually alien, almost unrelated worlds. How can perceptions of something as basic and intimate as the body differ so? In this book, Shigehisa Kuriyama explores this fundamental question, elucidating the fascinating contrasts between the human body described in classical Greek medicine and the body as envisaged by physicians in ancient China. Revealing how perceptions of the body and conceptions of personhood are intimately linked, his comparative inquiry invites us, indeed compels us, to reassess our own habits of feeling and perceiving. <p/><i>The Expressiveness of the Body</i> was awarded the 2001 Welch Medal by the American Association for the History of Medicine.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>."..this is an astonishingly original reading of early medicine in China and the West, yet one that builds its case with scrupulous scholarship. . . . A great achievement!"--Arthur Kleinman, Harvard Medical School<br><br>.,."this is an astonishingly original reading of early medicine in China and the West, yet one that builds its case with scrupulous scholarship. . . . A great achievement!" --Arthur Kleinman, Harvard Medical School<br><br>" ...this is an astonishingly original reading of early medicine in China and the West, yet one that builds its case with scrupulous scholarship. . . . A great achievement!" --Arthur Kleinman, Harvard Medical School<br><br>" ...this is an astonishingly original reading of early medicine in China and the West, yet one that builds its case with scrupulous scholarship. . . . A great achievement!" --Arthur Kleinman, Harvard Medical School<br><br>..."this is an astonishingly original reading of early medicine in China and the West, yet one that builds its case with scrupulous scholarship. . . . A great achievement!"--Arthur Kleinman, Harvard Medical School<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Shigehisa Kuriyama is Associate Professor and Staff Researcher at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies.</p>
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