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What is Disease as Cultural Oracle: Insights about?

This document discusses how disease can provide insight into a culture and community through concepts like anamnesis (examination of past medical history), diagnosis, and prognosis. It argues that the symbolic and cultural meanings of disease have been ignored in modern Western societies. Childhood trauma and abuse are proposed as underlying causes for some mental illnesses and autoimmune diseases, with roots in patriarchal systems dating back thousands of years. The document describes a theater project exp

Author

Harsh Khiraiya

Language

EN