{"product_id":"a-way-of-life-judith-farquhar-9780300237238","title":"A Way of Life: Things, Thought, and Action in Chinese Medicine","description":"\u003cb\u003eA short, thoughtful introduction to traditional Chinese medicine that looks beyond the conventional boundaries of Western biomedical science\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Traditional Chinese medicine is often viewed as mystical or superstitious, with outcomes requiring na?e faith. Judith Farquhar, drawing on her hard-won knowledge of social, intellectual, and clinical spheres in today's China, here offers a concise and nuanced treatment that addresses enduring and troublesome ontological, epistemological, and ethical questions. In this work, which is based on her 2017 Terry Lectures, \"Reality, Reason, and Action In and Beyond Chinese Medicine,\" she considers how the modern, rationalized, and scientific field of traditional Chinese medicine constructs its very real objects (bodies, symptoms, drugs), how experts think through and sort out pathology and health (yinyang, right qi \/ wrong qi, stasis, flow), and how contemporary doctors act responsibly to \"seek out the root\" of bodily disorder. Through this refined investigation, East-West contrasts collapse, and systematic Chinese medicine, no longer a mystery or a pseudo-science, can become a philosophical ally and a rich resource for a more capacious science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judith Farquhar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300237235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300237238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.80d","brand":"Judith Farquhar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43941463949567,"sku":"9780300237238","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_40dd1a43-c679-4680-bb68-ea81686add04.jpg?v=1681453068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-way-of-life-judith-farquhar-9780300237238","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}