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

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...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gyatso, Janet 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Subito Delivery Service: Order now.
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: New York, NY Columbia University Press [2015]
In:Year: 2015
Further subjects:B Buddhism (Tibet Region) History
B Buddhism Tibet Region History
B Medicine, Tibetan History
B Medicine
B Buddhism
B Religion, Jewish Studies, Theology
B Andere Religionen
B Medicine, Tibetan
B religion in Africa
B Religion
B Buddhism / RELIGION / Tibetan
B Medicine Religious aspects Buddhism
Online Access: Cover (Verlag)
Cover (Verlag)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a22000002 4500
001 834636727
003 DE-627
005 20240117221444.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 161012s2015 gw |||||o 00| ||eng c
020 |a 9780231538329  |9 978-0-231-53832-9 
024 7 |a 10.7312/gyat16496  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)834636727 
035 |a (DE-576)477981240 
035 |a (DE-599)GBV834636727 
035 |a (OCoLC)944030679 
035 |a (OCoLC)902419280 
035 |a (EBP)005859816 
035 |a (DE-B1597)458345 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rakwb 
041 |a eng 
044 |c XA-DE 
050 0 |a BQ7584 
072 7 |a REL 007050  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a REL007050  |2 bisacsh 
084 |a 0  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |0 (DE-588)124085857  |0 (DE-627)085628336  |0 (DE-576)170762963  |4 aut  |a Gyatso, Janet  |d 1949- 
109 |a Gyatso, Janet 1949-  |a Frank, Janet 1949- 
245 1 0 |a Being Human in a Buddhist World  |b An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet  |c Janet Gyatso 
264 1 |a New York, NY  |b Columbia University Press  |c [2015] 
264 4 |c ©2015. 
300 |a 1 online resource(544 p.) 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
506 1 |a Restricted Access  |e Controlled Vocabulary for Access Rights  |u http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec  |f online access with authorization  |2 star 
520 |a 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 Buddhist concepts and values to medical concerns and suggests important dimensions of Buddhism's role in the development of Asian and global civilization.Through its unique focus and sophisticated reading of source materials, Being Human adds a crucial chapter in the larger historiography of science and religion. The book opens with the bold achievements in Tibetan medical illustration, commentary, and institution building during the period of the Fifth Dalai Lama and his regent, Desi Sangye Gyatso, then looks back to the work of earlier thinkers, tracing a strategically astute dialectic between scriptural and empirical authority on questions of history and the nature of human anatomy. It follows key differences between medicine and Buddhism in attitudes toward gender and sex and the moral character of the physician, who had to serve both the patient's and the practitioner's well-being. Being Human ultimately finds that Tibetan medical scholars absorbed ethical and epistemological categories from Buddhism yet shied away from ideal systems and absolutes, instead embracing the imperfectability of the human condition. 
520 |a Daud Ali, University of Pennsylvania:Janet Gyatso's book is an extraordinarily sophisticated presentation of the history of Tibetan Buddhist medical practice from the inside out--an account that is deeply grounded in Tibetan language sources while never losing sight of key analytical, historical, and methodological questions pertinent to recent debates in the history of medicine and Buddhist studies, not to mention wider studies in the history of culture and literature in South Asia and beyond. This book will be a landmark in the study of South Asian medical traditions. What distinguishes it from other studies is its complexity of vision. It deftly traces the surprising entanglements of Buddhist doctrine, state patronage, and social power with both scholastic medical traditions and medical practitioners on the ground to give us a historical picture that is compellingly nuanced and refreshingly open--clearing the path for future research. Steven Collins, University of Chicago:This book is a fascinating, lucid, and profound exploration of the history in Tibet of the mentality and practices, both empirical and discursive, of probative medicine within the context of Buddhist civilization, a concept introduced and used as a more broad category than that of a 'Buddhism' concerned primarily with ideals of human perfection and supernatural realms. Moving deftly between fine-grained analysis of textual and visual materials from the seventh to seventeenth centuries and an open-ended discussion of large-scale historical and cultural issues, the book makes a significant contribution not only to Tibetan and Buddhist studies but also to current debates on the h 
533 |d 2015  |7 |2015|||||||||| 
546 |a In English 
583 1 |a Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gewährleistet  |f SSG  |2 pdager  |5 DE-21 
601 |a Buddhist 
601 |a Historie 
650 0 |a Buddhism  |z Tibet Region  |x History 
650 0 |a Buddhism  |x Tibet Region  |x History 
650 0 |a Medicine  |x Religious aspects  |x Buddhism 
650 0 |a Medicine, Tibetan  |x History 
650 4 |a Buddhism 
650 4 |a Buddhism 
650 4 |a Medicine 
650 4 |a Medicine, Tibetan 
650 4 |a Andere Religionen 
650 4 |a Medicine, Tibetan 
650 4 |a religion in Africa 
650 4 |a Religion, Jewish Studies, Theology 
650 4 |a Religion 
650 4 |a Religion 
650 4 |a Religion 
650 4 |a Buddhism  |x Tibet Region  |x History 
650 4 |a Buddhism  |x Tibet Region  |x History 
650 4 |a Medicine  |x Religious aspects  |x Buddhism 
650 4 |a Medicine, Tibetan  |x History 
650 4 |a RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan 
776 1 |z 9780231164962 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.7312/gyat16496  |m X:GRUY  |x Resolving-System  |z lizenzpflichtig  |3 Volltext 
856 4 2 |u http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780231538329.jpg  |x Verlag  |3 Cover 
856 4 2 |u https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780231538329.jpg  |m X:GRUY  |x Verlag  |3 Cover 
912 |a PDA12STME 
912 |a PDA15STM 
912 |a PDA18STMEE 
912 |a PDA3STM 
912 |a EBA-BACKALL 
912 |a EBA-CL-PLTLJSIS 
912 |a EBA-EBACKALL 
912 |a EBA-EBKALL 
912 |a EBA-ECL-PLTLJSIS 
912 |a EBA-EEBKALL 
912 |a EBA-ESSHALL 
912 |a EBA-PPALL 
912 |a EBA-SSHALL 
912 |a GBV-deGruyter-alles 
912 |a PDA11SSHE 
912 |a PDA13ENGE 
912 |a PDA14ALL 
912 |a PDA16SSH 
912 |a PDA17SSHEE 
912 |a PDA1ALL 
912 |a PDA2 
912 |a PDA2HUM 
912 |a PDA5EBK 
912 |a PDA7ENG 
912 1 |a ZDB-23-DGG 
951 |a BO 
ELC |a 1 
ITA |a 1  |t 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 3938385464 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 834636727 
LOK |0 005 20210614183722 
LOK |0 008 210614||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-21  |c DE-627  |d DE-21 
LOK |0 092   |o k  |p p  |p   
LOK |0 689   |a s  |a eBook-DeGruyter-EBS-2021-2022 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-21 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 85640  |u https://doi.org/10.7312/gyat16496  |z Zugang für die Universität Tübingen 
LOK |0 912   |a EBA-EBKALL 
LOK |0 935   |a ebok  |a lbok 
ORI |a TA-MARC-ixtheo_oa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
STA 0 0 |a Religion,Religions,Religion,Religion in literature 
STB 0 0 |a Religion,Religions,Religion 
STC 0 0 |a Religión,Religión,Religión 
STD 0 0 |a Religione,Religione,Religione 
STE 0 0 |a 宗教,宗教 
STF 0 0 |a 宗教,宗教 
STG 0 0 |a Religião,Religião 
STH 0 0 |a Религия (мотив),Религия 
STI 0 0 |a Θρησκεία (μοτίβο),Θρησκεία 
SUB |a REL 
SYE 0 0 |a Religion,Mystik,Mythologie , Religion,Mystik,Mythologie , Religion,Mystik,Mythologie