03589nam 2200685Ia 450 991096542810332120200520144314.097807914868180791486818(CKB)2670000000241315(EBL)3408543(SSID)ssj0000607071(PQKBManifestationID)11411394(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607071(PQKBWorkID)10582626(PQKB)11538658(OCoLC)794701294(MdBmJHUP)muse12815(Au-PeEL)EBL3408543(CaPaEBR)ebr10594871(OCoLC)923418261(DE-B1597)682762(DE-B1597)9780791486818(MiAaPQ)EBC3408543(Perlego)2672902(EXLCZ)99267000000024131520021107d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA diagnosis for our times alternative health, from lifeworld to politics /Matthew Schneirov, Jonathan David Geczik1st ed.Albany State University Press of New Yorkc20031 online resource (244 p.)SUNY series in the sociology of cultureDescription based upon print version of record.9780791457320 079145732X 9780791457313 0791457311 Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-217) and index.""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""Despite having one of the most advanced systems of medicine in the world, American consumers are increasingly turning to alternative medicine. Through a study of two alternative health networks, one "New Age" and the other conservative Christian, A Diagnosis for Our Times examines the health regimes followed by clients of alternative practitioners, the way people find meaning in non-Western and pre-modern health traditions, and the relationship between alternative health and other movements for change. In sharp contrast with other work on this subject, this book characterizes alternative health as a social movement and a "cultural laboratory" where people discover new values and new ways of living that may have larger implications. The authors discover surprising commonalities between the cultural left and the religious right when it comes to healthcare, and they evaluate the potential of alternative health to contribute to a new healthcare paradigm.SUNY Series in the Sociology of CultureAlternative medicineSocial medicineAlternative medicine.Social medicine.615.5Schneirov Matthew1810864Geczik Jonathan Davidd. 2001.1810865MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910965428103321A diagnosis for our times4362390UNINA