Modern and Global Ayurveda: Pluralism and Paradigms

by Wujastyk, Dagmar

• ISBN13: 9780791474907
• ISBN10: 0791474909
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK PRESS

Summary

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. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Plural Medicine and East-West Dialogue	p. 29
The Evolution of Indian Government Policy on Ayurveda in the Twentieth Century	p. 43
Divorcing Ayurveda: Siddha Medicine and the Quest for Uniqueness	p. 77
Ayurveda and the Making of the Urban Middle Class in North India, 1900-1945	p. 101
The Ayurvedic Diaspora: A Personal Account	p. 117
An Overview of the Education and Practice of Global Ayurveda	p. 129
Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Databases in the Context of the Revitalization of Traditional Medicine	p. 139
The Woes of Ojas in the Modern World	p. 157
Ayurveda and Sexuality: Sex Therapy and the "Paradox of Virility"	p. 177
Ayurveda in Modern India: Standardization and Pharmaceuticalization	p. 201
Practicing Ayurveda in the United Kingdom: A Time of Challenges and Opportunities	p. 215
Cultural Loss and Remembrance in Contemporary Ayurvedic Medical Practice	p. 227
Practicing Ayurveda in the Western World: A Case Study from Germany	p. 243
Ayurvedic Medicine in Britain and the Epistemology of Practicing Medicine in "Good Faith"	p. 257
Maharishi Ayur-Ved: A Controversial Model of Global Ayurveda	p. 285
Maharishi Ayur-Veda: Perfect Health through Enlightened Marketing in America	p. 309
List of Contributors	p. 333
Index	p. 341
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