Sacred Science: Ritual and Miracle in Modern Medicine

ISBN-13: 9781433143281 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 276 str.

Gregory Loewen

Opis

Sacred Science is an analysis of post-war discourses concerning health and illness.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Séance of Science - Opening Up the Corpuscular Corpus - Metaphoric Metastases - Detrimental Health - 'Doctor, Feel Thyself': The Aura of the Alternative - Conclusion: Sacred Ritual, Profane Miracle.

O autorze

Social philosopher Gregory V. Loewen is the author of over twenty books in diverse areas such as ethics, religion, art, education and politics. He has been a professor for almost a quarter of a century at universities in both Canada and the United States. He is currently Professor at St. Thomas More College at the University of Saskatchewan and was chair of the sociology department for five years. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology and anthropology from the University of British Columbia.