Jonathan David Geczik
Biographic Data
| ID | 120634 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan David Geczik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan David |
| FAMILY NAME | Geczik |
| SIGNATURE | GECZIK J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Community College of Allegheny County |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Alternative Health and the Challenges of Institutionalization
Through a case study of a complementary medicine clinic in a major urban hospital this article explores the links between two levels of power in the alternative health movement - the institutional level and alternative health's 'submerged networks.' Alternative health is conceptualized as a 'new social movement' whose central goal has been to create and sustain a form of life outside of conventional codes and institutional arrangements. The stren…
Technologies of the Self and the Aesthetic Project of Alternative Health
Utilizing ethnographic materials and data from thirty-eight interviews, this article investigates the relevance of alternative health bodily regimes as a source of involvement in public life. These regimes, we argue, have an aesthetic core, a quest for perfect harmony and balance, that step by step makes people available for participation in public life. The article seeks to overcome the neglect of aesthetic sources of participation in public lif…
A Diagnosis for Our Times
This paper explores two submerged networks in the Pittsburgh area alternative health movement through the use of thirty two intensive interviews and ethnographic research. Utilizing Jürgen Habermas's colonization theory as well as Alberto Melucci's emphasis on the process of collective identity formation, the paper describes a “conservative Christian” and a culturally progressive network demonstrating how these networks differ and what they have …
Technologies of the Self and the Aesthetic Project of Alternative Health
Utilizing ethnographic materials and data from thirty-eight interviews, this article investigates the relevance of alternative health bodily regimes as a source of involvement in public life. These regimes, we argue, have an aesthetic core, a quest for perfect harmony and balance, that step by step makes people available for participation in public life. The article seeks to overcome the neglect of aesthetic sources of participation in public lif…
Alternative Health and the Challenges of Institutionalization
Through a case study of a complementary medicine clinic in a major urban hospital this article explores the links between two levels of power in the alternative health movement - the institutional level and alternative health's 'submerged networks.' Alternative health is conceptualized as a 'new social movement' whose central goal has been to create and sustain a form of life outside of conventional codes and institutional arrangements. The stren…
A Diagnosis for Our Times
This paper explores two submerged networks in the Pittsburgh area alternative health movement through the use of thirty two intensive interviews and ethnographic research. Utilizing Jürgen Habermas's colonization theory as well as Alberto Melucci's emphasis on the process of collective identity formation, the paper describes a “conservative Christian” and a culturally progressive network demonstrating how these networks differ and what they have …
A Diagnosis for Our Times
This paper explores two submerged networks in the Pittsburgh area alternative health movement through the use of thirty two intensive interviews and ethnographic research. Utilizing Jürgen Habermas's colonization theory as well as Alberto Melucci's emphasis on the process of collective identity formation, the paper describes a “conservative Christian” and a culturally progressive network demonstrating how these networks differ and what they have …
Technologies of the Self and the Aesthetic Project of Alternative Health
Utilizing ethnographic materials and data from thirty-eight interviews, this article investigates the relevance of alternative health bodily regimes as a source of involvement in public life. These regimes, we argue, have an aesthetic core, a quest for perfect harmony and balance, that step by step makes people available for participation in public life. The article seeks to overcome the neglect of aesthetic sources of participation in public lif…
Alternative Health and the Challenges of Institutionalization
Through a case study of a complementary medicine clinic in a major urban hospital this article explores the links between two levels of power in the alternative health movement - the institutional level and alternative health's 'submerged networks.' Alternative health is conceptualized as a 'new social movement' whose central goal has been to create and sustain a form of life outside of conventional codes and institutional arrangements. The stren…
Aesthetics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Resistance (ecology) (2 works) · American Political and Social Dynamics (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works)