Being Human in a Buddhist World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet

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Critically exploring medical thought in a cultural milieu with no discernible influence from the European Enlightenment, Being Human reveals an otherwise unnoticed intersection of early modern sensibilities and religious values in traditional Tibetan medicine. It further studies the adaptation of Bu...

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Main Author: Gyatso, Janet 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: New York, NY Columbia University Press [2015]
In:Year: 2015
Further subjects:B Buddhism (Tibet Region) History
B Medicine, Tibetan History
B Asia / China / HISTORY
B Religion, Jewish Studies, Theology
B SCIENCE / History
B Andere Religionen
B History / MEDICAL
B Theravada / Buddhism / RELIGION
B religion in Africa
B Religion
B SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
B RELIGION / Religion & Science
B Buddhism / RELIGION / Tibetan
B Medicine Religious aspects Buddhism
B Buddhism Tibet Region History
B Medicine
B Buddhism
B Medicine, Tibetan
B PHILOSOPHY / Generals / Eastern
B Buddhism / RELIGION / History
B PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9780231164962

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