An Integrated View of Health and Well-Being: Bridging Indian and Western Knowledge (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Introduction.- Part I. Health and Well-Being in the Western Tradition.- Chapter 1. Well-Being in the West: Hygeia Before and After the Demographic Transition; Corey L.M. Keyes.- Chapter 2. The Psychosomatic View; Giovannni Fava.- Part II. Health and Well-Being in Indian Traditions.- Chapter 3. The Perspectives on Reality in Indian Traditions and their Implications for Health and Well-Being; Kiran Kumar K. Salagame.- Chapter 4. Concepts of Health and the Paradigm of Ayurveda; P. Ram Manohar.- Chapter 5. The Determinants of Health and Well-Being; A.N. Narayanan Nambi.- Chapter 6. The Role of Social Rituals in Well-Being; P.R. Krishnakumar.- Chapter 7. Health and Well-Being in Indian Local Health Traditions; Unnikrishnan Payyapallimana.- Part III. Bridging the Worlds.- Chapter 8. Quantum Logic in Ayurveda; Rama Jayasundar.- Chapter 9. The Psychological Roots of Health Promotion; Antonella Delle Fave.- Chapter 10. The Emergence of Health in Complex Adaptive Systems: A Common Ground for Ayurveda and Western Science; Antonio Morandi and Antonella Delle Fave.- Conclusions; joining Knowledge Traditions: Towards an Integrated Approach to Health and Well-Being; Antonio Morandi, A.N. Narayanan Nambi, and Antonella Delle Fave.- Notes.- Index.