{"product_id":"9781472569912-cultural-history-of-medicine-in-the-renaissance","title":"A Cultural History of Medicine in the Renaissance","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSince the ‘cultural turn’ of the 1980s the  history of Renaissance medicine has been  radically transformed, with older narratives  stood on their head as concepts and categories  for research have been re-thought. At the  core of this change – for the period now  familiarly referred to (not insignificantly) as  ‘early modern’ – stands an epistemological  reconsideration of the production of natural  knowledge, and of power in relation to the  core of medicine’s subject, the human body.  Additionally, at issue are the origins of  modernity itself. Building on the foundations of this  historiographical transformation, the essays  in this volume elaborate, refine and challenge  what are now standard interpretations in the study of medicine and the body in the early modern  period. They broaden the scope of study through exploration of the contact zones between  European knowledges and practices with other indigenous cultures. They draw attention to the  riches of early modern material and visual culture as they take stock of how key epistemological  notions for the study and practice of medicine, such as ‘experience’ and ‘authority’, were shaped  and redefined. Moreover, essays on such topics as food, animals, environment, and mind and brain  demonstrate how the cultural turn has revived and given new urgency to themes long central to  the study of sickness and health. Wetting appetites and distilling the recent past, these essays work  collectively to remind readers that the ‘cultural turn’ is far from over.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40758956949601,"sku":"9781472569912","price":85.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_14081616_jpg.jpg?v=1706222056","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472569912-cultural-history-of-medicine-in-the-renaissance","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}