Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Justice
Rupa Maryam, Raj PatelRaj Patel, author of The Value of Nothing, teams up with physician, activist, & co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition Rupa Marya to reveal the links between health & structural injustices–& to offer a new deep medicine that can heal our bodies & our world.
The Covid pandemic & the shocking racial disparities in its impact. The surge in inflammatory illnesses such as gastrointestinal disorders & asthma. Mass uprisings around the world in response to systemic racism & violence. Rising numbers of climate refugees. Our bodies, societies, & planet are inflamed.
Boldly original, Inflamed takes us on a medical tour through the human body-our digestive, endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, immune, & nervous systems. Unlike a traditional anatomy book, this groundbreaking work illuminates the hidden relationships between our biological systems & the profound injustices of our political & economic systems.
Inflammation is connected to the food we eat, the air we breathe, & the diversity of the microbes living inside us, which regulate everything from our brain's development to our immune system's functioning. It's connected to the number of traumatic events we experienced as children & to the traumas endured by our ancestors. It's connected not only to access to health care but to the very models of health that physicians practice.
Raj Patel, the renowned political economist & author of The Value of Nothing, teams up with the physician Rupa Marya to offer a radical new cure: the deep medicine of decolonization. Decolonizing heals what has been divided, reestablishing our relationships with the Earth & one another.
Combining the latest scientific research & scholarship on globalization with the stories of Marya's work with patients in marginalized communities, activist passion, & the wisdom of Indigenous groups, Inflamed points the way toward a deep medicine that has the…