Morbid Symptoms
Power and Medicine During Transitional Eras
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21494099 |
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| Authors | Inayatullah (0000-0003-1110-4190, Tamkang University, corresponding author), Sohail Inayatullah (Tamkang University, Taiwan, Malaysia) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 484-498 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Futures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-4027 • E-ISSN: 1556-1844 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02604027.2022.2048600 |
| OpenAlex | W4293085306 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Beginning with a genealogical gloss of the decline of Ayurvedic system in South Asian history, this essay moves to an alternative vision of the futures of health. It argues for a wholistic health model that includes global health cooperatives and integrates spirit with science. It uses Sarkar's theory of microvita as a conceptual framework to take placebo and nocebo seriously. While we imagine a rosy future, we are clear that the transition, as we are in now, will be associated with morbid symptoms and systems
Aesthetics · Economics · Epistemology · Futures contract · Sociology · Embodied and Extended Cognition · History · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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