Lecture - "Nature Cure and Ecology: The Affective Politics of Intimate Nationalism"

Nature Cure is a distinct system of medicine invented in Germany in the 19th century that has been institutionalized and professionalized in India. This is odd because India is the cultural home of one of the world’s most popular forms of alternative, holistic therapy – Ayurveda. Why is this?
Sociocultural anthropologist Joseph Alter is Chair of Anthropology and UCIS Professor from University of Pittsburgh.