{"product_id":"a-diagnosis-for-our-times-matthew-schneirov-9780791457320","title":"A Diagnosis for Our Times: Alternative Health, from Lifeworld to Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores Americans' increasing attraction to alternative medicine by looking at two alternative health networks, one \"New Age,\" the other conservative Christian.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite having one of the most advanced systems of medicine in the world, American consumers are increasingly turning to alternative medicine. Through a study of two alternative health networks, one \"New Age\" and the other conservative Christian, \u003ci\u003eA Diagnosis for Our Times\u003c\/i\u003e examines the health regimes followed by clients of alternative practitioners, the way people find meaning in non-Western and pre-modern health traditions, and the relationship between alternative health and other movements for change. In sharp contrast with other work on this subject, this book characterizes alternative health as a social movement and a \"cultural laboratory\" where people discover new values and new ways of living that may have larger implications. The authors discover surprising commonalities between the cultural left and the religious right when it comes to healthcare, and they evaluate the potential of alternative health to contribute to a new healthcare paradigm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Schneirov,Jonathan David Geczik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 079145732X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791457320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.38w x 0.53d","brand":"Matthew Schneirov","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448947585279,"sku":"9780791457320","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1203b586-17ab-460d-b329-579b5b31ce4f.jpg?v=1777261301","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-diagnosis-for-our-times-matthew-schneirov-9780791457320","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}