Modern and global Ayurveda : pluralism and paradigms /
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Imprint: | Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2008. ©2008 |
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Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 349 pages) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11177296 |
Summary: | Modern and Global Ayurveda provides an overview of the relatively recent history of Ayurveda in its modern and globalized forms. One of the traditional medical systems originating on the Indian subcontinent, Ayurveda is fast becoming a transnational phenomenon. Contributors to this volume include both scholars and practitioners of Ayurveda. The wide range of perspectives they offer include the philosophical, anthropological, sociopolitical, economic, biomedical, and pharmacological. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 349 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781435663282 1435663284 9780791478165 0791478165 0791474895 9780791474907 0791474909 9780791474891 |