Hippocrates Now. The ‘Father of Medicine’ in the Internet Age
Helen King
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception
Published: 14-11-2019
Format: Hardback
Edition: 1st
Extent: 272
ISBN: 9781350005891
We need to talk about Hippocrates. Current scholarship attributes none of the works of the 'Hippocratic corpus' to him, and the ancient biographical traditions of his life are not only late, but also written for their own promotional purposes. Yet Hippocrates features powerfully in our assumptions about ancient medicine, and our beliefs about what medicine – and the physician himself – should be. In both orthodox and alternative medicine, he continues to be a model to be emulated.
This book will challenge widespread assumptions about Hippocrates (and, in the process, about the history of medicine in ancient Greece and beyond) and will also explore the creation of modern myths about the ancient world. Why do we continue to use Hippocrates, and how are new myths constructed around his name? How do news stories and the internet contribute to our picture of him? And what can this tell us about wider popular engagements with the classical world today, in memes, 'quotes' and online?
I've published a couple of blog posts developing some things I learned while writing this book:
RépondreSupprimerhttps://eidolon.pub/spin-doctor-25e50ae71508
https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2019/10/08/hippocrates-now-quoting-the-father-of-medicine/