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Doctors and Healers

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Doctors and HealersDiscover a transformative exploration of healing in the groundbreaking book by ethnopsychiatrist Tobie Nathan and philosopher Isabelle Stengers. This insightful text, published in 2018 by John Wiley & Sons, delves into the intricate dynamics between traditional and modern medicine. With 220 pages of profound analysis, the authors challenge the popular beliefs surrounding healers and medical practitioners, presenting a compelling argument against the

Discover a transformative exploration of healing in the groundbreaking book by ethnopsychiatrist Tobie Nathan and philosopher Isabelle Stengers. This insightful text, published in 2018 by John Wiley & Sons, delves into the intricate dynamics between traditional and modern medicine. With 220 pages of profound analysis, the authors challenge the popular beliefs surrounding healers and medical practitioners, presenting a compelling argument against the conventional split between 'irrational' therapies and scientific medical practices.

This enlightening book reveals that healers utilize unique methods of 'divination' instead of mere diagnosis, showcasing the complexity and richness of healing traditions from different cultures. By illustrating how symptoms can be linked to external forces beyond the patient's consciousness, Nathan and Stengers invite readers to reconceptualize their understanding of illness and treatment methodologies. The common belief that modern medicine is solely rational is questioned, revealing an empirically driven approach that often neglects patients' voices.

By bridging the gap between various healing paradigms, this ethnopsychiatric manifesto encourages us to embrace a more holistic perspective on health. Discover how a deeper understanding of both traditional and modern practices can enhance therapeutic outcomes and foster a richer dialogue between diverse healing cultures.

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ISBN: 9781509521869
Year: 2018
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 220

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509521869
Year: 2018
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 220


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We think we know what healers do: they build on patients™ irrational beliefs and treat them in a ˜symbolic™ way. If they get results, it™s thanks to their capacity to listen, rather than any influence on a clinical level. At the same time, we also think we know what modern medicine is: a highly technical and rational process, but one that scarcely listens to patients at all. In this book, ethnopsychiatrist Tobie Nathan and philosopher Isabelle Stengers argue that this commonly posed opposition between traditional and modern medicine is misleading. They show instead that healers are interesting precisely because they don™t listen to patients, using techniques of ˜divination™ rather than ˜diagnosis™. Healers construct genuine therapeutic strategies by identifying the origins of symptoms in external forces, outside of the mind of the sufferer. Modern medicine, for its part, is characterized by empiricism rather than rationality. What appears to be the pursuit of rationality is ultimately only a means to dismiss and exclude other forms of treatment. Blurring the distinctions between traditional and modern practices and drawing on perspectives from across the globe, this ethnopsychiatric manifesto encourages us to think in radically new ways about illness, challenging accepted notions on the relationship between sufferer and symptom.
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