The Cure Within, Anne Harrington
The Cure Within, Anne Harrington
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The Cure Within
A History of Mind-Body Medicine

Author: Anne Harrington

Narrator: Christina Traister

Unabridged: 10 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/16/2019

Synopsis

"A splendid history of mind-body medicine...a book that desperately needed to be written." ―Jerome Groopman, New York TimesIs stress a deadly disease on the rise in modern society? Can mind-body practices from the East help us become well? When it comes to healing, we believe we must look beyond doctors and drugs; we must look within ourselves. Faith, relationships, and attitude matter.But why do we believe such things? From psychoanalysis to the placebo effect to meditation, this vibrant cultural history describes mind-body healing as rooted in a patchwork of stories, allowing us to make new sense of our suffering and to rationalize new treatments and lifestyles.

About Anne Harrington

Anne Harrington is the Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science and director of undergraduate studies at Harvard University, as well as the author of three books, including Reenchanted Science and The Cure Within. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Morgan

I read this immediately after reading the same author’s phenomenal other book Mind Fixers, a historical deconstruction of psychiatry’s medicalization of mental illness via grounding it in strictly biological terms. I strongly recommend both texts, but if you haven’t read Mind Fixers, read it first a......more

Goodreads review by Shanti

Huge rambly review ahead. I read this for a Mind-Body Medicine class, and I thought it was fascinating. Harrington covers six narratives that have shaped Western mind-body medicine as a field: The Power of Suggestion, The Body That Speaks (the unconscious made conscious), The Power of Positive Thinki......more

Goodreads review by Zach

Interesting read, if a bit dry. Takes a cool look at the history of the intertwining between the mind and its ability (or inability) to heal the body, through topics as varied as mesmerism, psychotherapy, positive thinking, mindfulness and meditation, and stress. Mostly interesting to look at the hi......more

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