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Science, Folklore and Ideology

Science, Folklore and Ideology PDF Author: Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
ISBN: 9781853996030
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278

Book Description
This text takes a set of central topics from ancient Greek medicine and biology - relating especially to beliefs about animals, women and drugs - and studies first the interaction between scientific theorising and folklore, and second the ideological character of ancient scientific inquiry. Within this framework the author looks at the development of zoological taxonomy, the repercussions of prevailing Greek assumptions concerning the inferiority of the female sex on medical practice, pharmacology and anatomy. Anthropology is used to provide a comparative dimension to the discussion of ancent Greek popular beliefs.
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