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DescriptionCosmos, Gods and Madmen: Frameworks in the Anthropologies of Medicine by Professor of Anthropology and Psychiatry Roland Littlewood (Editor), Rebecca Lynch (Re (Editor)  {BinanGotit} Product Details Hardcover: 226 pages Publisher: Berghahn Books (June 30 2016) Language: English ISBN-10: 1785331779 The social anthropology of sickness and health has always been concerned with religious cosmologies: how societies make sense of such issues as prediction and control of misfortune and fate; the malevolence of others; the benevolence (or otherwise) of the mystical world; local understanding and explanations of the natural and ultra-human worlds. This volume presents differing categorizations and conflicts that occur as people seek to make sense of suffering and their experiences. Cosmologies, whether incorporating the divine or as purely secular, lead us to interpret human action and the human constitution, its ills and its healing and, in particular, ways which determine and limit our very possibilities." Review "The introduction to this book is very well-written and lays out the topic and scope clearly... The essays have been collected carefully and offer much to the study of religion and healing" . Stefan Ecks, University of Edinburgh" About the Author The late Jafar Kareem BSc was a member of the British Association of Psychotherapists, a member of the London Centre for Psychotherapy, and Founder and Clinical Director of Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre. Roland Littlewood BSc, MB, DPhil, FRCPsych, is Professor of Psychiatry and Anthropology, University College London, Joint Director of the UCL Centre for Medical Anthropology, Consultant Psychiatrist, Middlesex Hospital, and Medical Advisor, Nafsiyat.  Sharing Widget |