medicine Archives - Franklin Humanities Institute https://humanitiesfutures.org/tag/medicine/ Humanities Futures Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:20:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Don’t Breathe a Word: A Psychoanalysis of Medicine’s Inflations https://humanitiesfutures.org/papers/dont-breathe-a-word-a-psychoanalysis-of-medicines-inflations/ Fri, 18 May 2018 15:10:26 +0000 https://humanitiesfutures.org/?post_type=papers&p=3172 Modern medicine has achieved great things but, like all institutions, it has significant flaws. Medicine’s major flaw is inflation, appearing in a variety of guises and intensities as the following: overconfidence, arrogance, self-importance, narcissism, authoritarianism, impulsivity or lack of reflection, fear of failure, intolerance of ambiguity, and overdeterminism.

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]]> Toward Global Histories of Pharmaceuticals in East Asia https://humanitiesfutures.org/papers/toward-global-histories-pharmaceuticals-east-asia/ Mon, 05 Mar 2018 19:19:17 +0000 https://humanitiesfutures.org/?post_type=papers&p=3038 This brief essay considers the history of pharmaceuticals in East Asia. It begins with a discussion of the burgeoning popularity of cultural and social histories of modern medicine in East Asia, and it describes the benefits and potential pitfalls of examining medicines as commodities.

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]]> Alan Bleakley: A Psychoanalysis of Medicine’s Inflations https://humanitiesfutures.org/media/alan-bleakley-psychoanalysis-medicines-inflations/ Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:53:15 +0000 https://humanitiesfutures.org/?post_type=media&p=2779 In this keynote address from the Health Humanities & Social Justice BREATH, BODY, VOICE Conference, Plymouth University’s Alan Bleakley discusses...

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]]> Race and Medicine https://humanitiesfutures.org/media/race-and-medicine/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 22:44:19 +0000 https://humanitiesfutures.org/?post_type=media&p=2764 The Health Humanities & Social Justice: BREATH, BODY, VOICE Conference sought to ask the question: “How are the humanities transforming...

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