Rethinking Medical Humanities - Perspectives from the Arts and the Social Sciences (Hardcover)

Medical Humanities may be broadly conceptualized as a discipline wherein medicine and its specialties intersect with those of the humanities and social sciences. As such it is a hybrid area of study where the impact of disease and healing science on culture is assessed and expressed in the particular language of the disciplines concerned with the human experience. However, as much as at first sight this definition appears to be clear, it does not reflect how the interaction of medicine with the humanities has evolved to become a separate field of study. In this publication we have explored, through the analysis of a group of selected multidisciplinary essays, the dynamics of this process. The essays predominantly address the interaction of literature, philosophy, art, art history, ethics, and education with medicine and its specialties from the classical period to the present. Particular attention has been given to the Medieval, Early Modern, and Enlightenment periods. To avoid a rigid compartmentalization of the book based on individual fields of study we opted for a fluid division into multidisciplinary sections, reflective of the complex interactions of the included works with medicine.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Medical Traditions
Release date:	December 2022
First published:	2023
Editors:	Rinaldo F. Canalis • Massimo Ciavolella • Valeria Finucci
Dimensions:	240 x 170mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	435
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-078800-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	3-11-078800-4
Barcode:	9783110788006

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