Ayurveda, Nation and Society : United Provinces, c. 1890–1950
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
New Perspectives in South Asian History
ISBN-10
9354428517
ISBN-13
9789354428517
Publisher
Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
Imprint
Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
Country of Manufacture
IN
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 15th, 2023
Print length
292 Pages
Weight
342 grams
Dimensions
14.50 x 21.70 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Complementary therapies, healing & health
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The volume critiques the casteist, communal, class- and gender-biased social culture inherent in Ayurvedic discourse of the period under discussion, and notes how the constant blaming of the ‘Other’ for spreading diseases detrimental to the ‘Hindu’ male.
Ayurveda enjoys a growing global appeal, and is often touted as ‘true’ and ‘time-tested’ by contemporary political actors, governments, social groups, practitioners and NGOs in India. With ‘indigenous’ healing systems enjoying increasing state support today, an examination of the socio-political aspects of medicine, in particular Ayurveda, and its role in nation-building is critically important. Ayurveda, Nation and Society, the latest in Orient BlackSwan’s ‘New Perspectives in South Asian History’ series, captures the late nineteenth and early twentieth century growth of ‘medical nationalism’ through the Ayurvedic revivalist movement in the United Provinces, and observes the ensuing change and continuity in the attitude towards ‘indigenous’ medicine in independent India.
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