تولید داروهای تبت: ایجاد یک صنعت و اقتصاد اخلاقی تبت‌گرایی (اپیستمولوژی‌های درمان، جلد ۱۲)

Within a mere decade, hospital pharmacies throughout the Tibetan areas of the People’s Republic of China have been converted into pharmaceutical companies. Confronted with the logic of capital and profit, these companies now produce commodities for a nationwide market. While these developments are depicted as a big success in China, they have also been met with harsh criticism in Tibet. At stake is a fundamental (re-)manufacturing of Tibetan medicine as a system of knowledge and practice. Being important both to the agenda of the Party State’s policies on Tibet and to Tibetan self-understanding, the Tibetan medicine industry has become an arena in which different visions of Tibet’s future clash. Within a mere decade, hospital pharmacies throughout the Tibetan areas of the People's Republic of China have been converted into pharmaceutical companies. Confronted with the logic of capital and profit, these companies now produce commodities for a nationwide market. While these developments are depicted as a big success in China, they have also been met with harsh criticism in Tibet. At stake is a fundamental (re- )manufacturing of Tibetan medicine as a system of knowledge and practice. Being important both to the agenda of the Party State's policies on Tibet and to Tibetan self-understan Contents List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Notes on Transliteration and Transcription List of Abbreviations Map of Tibet Chapter 1 Introduction: Perspectives on Tibetan Medicine Chapter 2 The Creation of an Industry Chapter 3 Manufacturing Good Practice Chapter 4 Raw Materials, Refined Chapter 5 Knowledge, Property Chapter 6 The Aesthetic Enterprise Chapter 7 The Moral Economy of Tibetanness Chapter 8 Conclusions Glossary References Index Within a mere decade, the creation of a Tibetan medicine industry in the People's Republic of China has resulted in hospital pharmacies throughout the Tibetan areas of China being converted into pharmaceutical companies. Confronted with the logic of capital and profit, these companies now produce commodities for a nation-wide market. Martin Saxer. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 251-273) And Index.