Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice

Raj Patel and Rupa Marya's book "Inflamed" explores the hidden relationships between human health and the profound injustices of our political and economic systems, offering a radical new cure: the deep medicine of decolonization. They show how inflammation is connected to the food we eat, the air we breathe, access to healthcare, and the traumatic events we experience, and propose a medicine that heals what has been divided and has the potential to transform our bodies and the world.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 496 pages
Publication date: 07 July 2022
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

A work of exhilarating scope and relevance, Naomi Klein's "Inflamed" offers a rare and powerful experience to feel a book in one's very body. Klein's exploration of health goes beyond individual attainment, recognizing that health is intertwined with the world around us. An injury to one is an injury to all, as our bodies, societies, and planet are all inflamed. In this boldly original book, renowned political economist Raj Patel teams up with physician Rupa Marya to shed light on the hidden connections between human health and the profound injustices of our political and economic systems. Through a journey through the human body, encompassing the digestive, endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, immune, and nervous systems, Marya and Patel demonstrate how inflammation is not just a result of our food, air, and healthcare access, but also linked to traumatic events and the prevailing model of health that focuses on disassembly rather than bringing together ideas and lived experiences. By combining the latest scholarship on globalization and biology with the stories of patients in marginalized communities and the wisdom of Indigenous groups, "Inflamed" provides a radical new cure: the deep medicine of decolonization. This book points the way toward a medicine that heals what has been divided and has the potential to transform not only our bodies but the world.

Weight: 340g
Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780141995236