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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462136003321

Autore

Schneirov Matthew

Titolo

A diagnosis for our times [[electronic resource] ] : alternative health, from lifeworld to politics / / Matthew Schneirov, Jonathan David Geczik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University Press of New York, c2003

ISBN

0-7914-8681-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in the sociology of culture

Altri autori (Persone)

GeczikJonathan David <d. 2001.>

Disciplina

615.5

Soggetti

Alternative medicine

Social medicine

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""A DIAGNOSIS FOR OUR TIMES: Alternative Health, from Lifeworld to Politics""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Study of Alternative Health""; ""2. Biomedicine and the Loss of Meaning""; ""3. Between the Aura and the Commodity""; ""4. Technologies of the Self""; ""5. New Social Movements""; ""6. From Alternativeto Complementary Medicine""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""