Modern and Global Ayurveda: Pluralism and ParadigmsDagmar Wujastyk, Frederick M. Smith 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. Issues such as the ideological clashes between "classical" and "modernized" Ayurveda, the "export" of Ayurvedic medical lore to Western countries, and the possible "reimport" of its adapted and reinterpreted contents are covered and prove particularly relevant to contemporary discussion on the integration of complementary and alternative health care. |
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2 Plural Medicine and EastWest Dialogue | 29 |
3 The Evolution of Indian Government Policy on Ayurveda in the Twentieth Century | 43 |
Siddha Medicine and the Quest for Uniqueness | 77 |
5 Ayurveda and the Making of the Urban Middle Class in North India 19001945 | 101 |
6 The Ayurvedic Diaspora | 117 |
7 An Overview of the Education and Practice of Global Ayurveda | 129 |
8 Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Databases in the Context of the Revitalization of Traditional Medicine | 139 |
Standardization and Pharmaceuticalization | 201 |
A Time of Challenges and Opportunities | 215 |
13 Cultural Loss and Remembrance in Contemporary Ayurvedic Medical Practice | 227 |
A Case Study from Germany | 243 |
15 Ayurvedic Medicine in Britain and the Epistemology of Practicing Medicine in Good Faith | 257 |
A Controversial Model of Global Ayurveda | 285 |
Perfect Health through Enlightened Marketing in America | 309 |
List of Contributors | 333 |
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