Dangerous views

[Guest guest]

Here's some " dangerous views " from Rey.

 

" The policy of scientising traditional Chinese medicine places the

therapeutic

resources assembled through thousands of years of practice at the

doorstep of

science. Herbal medicines, acupuncture, etc. all become sources of

novelty and

innovation for science. The move follows the conventional line which

accepts

the domination by science of other knowledge traditions. It is

effectively a

silencing of traditional Chinese medicine, feeding the hegemonic

tendencies of

science. " By Rey Tiquia.

 

Well put. I agree with the above.

 

Wainwright

[Guest guest]

I agree as well.

 

 

On Nov 14, 2003, at 6:19 AM, wainwrightchurchill wrote:

 

> Here's some " dangerous views " from Rey.

>

> " The policy of scientising traditional Chinese medicine places the

> therapeutic

> resources assembled through thousands of years of practice at the

> doorstep of

> science. Herbal medicines, acupuncture, etc. all become sources of

> novelty and

> innovation for science. The move follows the conventional line which

> accepts

> the domination by science of other knowledge traditions. It is

> effectively a

> silencing of traditional Chinese medicine, feeding the hegemonic

> tendencies of

> science. " By Rey Tiquia.

>

> Well put. I agree with the above.

>

> Wainwright

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

, " wainwrightchurchill "

wrote:

> Here's some " dangerous views " from Rey.

>

> " The policy of scientising traditional Chinese medicine places the

> therapeutic resources assembled through thousands of years of

practice at the doorstep of science. Herbal medicines, acupuncture,

etc. all become sources of novelty and innovation for science. The

move follows the conventional line which accepts the domination by

science of other knowledge traditions. It is effectively a silencing

of traditional Chinese medicine, feeding the hegemonic tendencies of

> science. " By Rey Tiquia. >>>

 

 

It's not so much a " dangerous view " as this is a basic description

of how one culture meets and reacts to the sensibilities of another.

It is an inevitability of bringing CM to the US. Science and

American marketing look at everything as a source of novelty and

grist for the mill.

 

As CM is not solely in our hands---it is also in the hands of MDs

and chiros, etc.---our job is much harder. What might be " dangerous "

is that if we have a vested financial and political interest in

keeping CM intact according to our own conceptions of it, we need to

address and use science and the American market place to do it.

 

 

Jim Ramholz