Description |
vii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
Social orders ; v. 5 |
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Social orders ; v. 5
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Contents |
Introduction / M. Auge and C. Herzlich -- Pt. I. Bodily Ailments, Lineage Language. 1. Biological order, social order; illness, a primary form of event /M. Auge. 2. The need for meaning, the explanation of ill fortune: the Senufo / N. Sindzingre. 3. Sterility, aridity, drought: some invariants of symbolic thought /F. Heritier. 4. History of diseases, history and disease: Africa / E. M'Bokolo -- Pt. II. From the Right to Illness to the Duty to be Healthy: The Industrial Society. 5. Modern medicine and the quest for meaning: illness as a social signifier / C. Herzlich. 6. The social meanings of health: Paris, the Essonne and the Herault / J. Pierret. 7. From healing to salvation: the neo-rural apocalyptic communities in France / D. Leger |
Notes |
Translation of: Le sens du mal |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Social medicine.
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Diseases -- Social aspects.
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Medical anthropology.
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Author |
Herzlich, Claudine.
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Augé, Marc.
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Durnin, Katherine J
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LC no. |
91035020 |
ISBN |
3718652072 |
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