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21%OFFJanet Gyatso - Being Human in a Buddhist World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet - 9780231164962 - V9780231164962
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Being Human in a Buddhist World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet

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Description for Being Human in a Buddhist World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet Hardback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HREX; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1330.
Critically exploring medical thought in a cultural milieu with no discernible influence from the European Enlightenment, Being Human in a Buddhist World reveals an otherwise unnoticed intersection of early modern sensibilities and religious values in traditional Tibetan medicine. It further studies the adaptation of Buddhist concepts and values to medical concerns and suggests important dimensions of Buddhism's role in the development of Asian and global civilization. Through its unique focus and sophisticated reading of source materials, Being Human adds a crucial chapter in the larger historiography of science and religion. The book opens with the bold achievements in Tibetan ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231164962
SKU
V9780231164962
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About Janet Gyatso
Janet Gyatso is Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies at Harvard University, where she serves on the faculty of the Divinity School, in the Study of Religion, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and Inner Asian and Altaic Studies. Her writing has centered on Tibetan Buddhism and its cultural and intellectual history from the perspective of large issues in the humanities about ... Read more

Reviews for Being Human in a Buddhist World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet
An amazing book and a stellar contribution to Columbia University Press's growing catalog of Tibetan and Tibetan Buddhist studies, for it will be the key book on medicine and religion in Tibet for this generation. Like Janet Gyatso's book on autobiography, her new book on medicine will simply be field defining. Little of this literature has received attention to date, ... Read more

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