Vitiligo
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Vitiligo

pis, baraṣ, ṣāra‛at, λεύκη, śvitra, et cetera. Historical sources and social impact in pre-modern times, from the Far East to the Mediterranean Basin

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eBook - PDF

Vitiligo

pis, baraṣ, ṣāra‛at, λεύκη, śvitra, et cetera. Historical sources and social impact in pre-modern times, from the Far East to the Mediterranean Basin

About this book

Als entstellende Hautkrankheit war Vitiligo in der Vormoderne ein Grund für Diskriminierung. Im Extremfall kam es zur sozio-kulturellen Ausstoßung, nämlich im biblischen Israel und in Alt-Persien; im östlichen Iran blieb die Ausstoßung bis ins 19. Jahrhundert erhalten. Die griechisch-römischen, iranischen, jüdischen und christlichen sowie die arabischen Traditionen über diskriminierende Vitiligo sind in den Quellen vernetzt. Beispielsweise erklären mittelalterlich rabbinische Bibelübersetzungen aus dem Hebräischen ins Arabische den sogenannten biblischen Aussatz (Tzaraat) als Baras, wie Vitiligo im Arabischen heisst. Während sich die iranischen und arabischen Traditionen bis heute gehalten haben, sind die anderen im Mittelalter verschwunden. Bei den abendländischen Ärzten ging das antike Wissen über Vitiligo verloren und musste im 19. Jahrhundert neu begründet werden. Die vorliegende medizin- und kulturgeschichtliche Untersuchung gründet nicht auf retrospektiver Diagnose, sondern auf lebendig gebliebenen Traditionen und interkulturellen Zusammenhängen. Dr. Rolf Krauss (Promotion 1981; Habilitation1993) arbeitete im letzten Jahrzehnt über soziale Auswirkungen von Hautkrankheiten im Alten Orient und der griechisch-römischen Antike; Vorberichte sind in Fachzeitschriften erschienen.

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Publisher
LIT Verlag
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9783643968302

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. CHAPTER 1 DEFINING VITILIGO, ITS SYMPTOMS AND CHARACTERISTICS, IN THE 19th CENTURY
  4. CHAPTER 2 VITILIGO IN THE PRE-MODERN FAR EAST
  5. CHAPTER 3 VITILIGO IN EARLY INDIAN SOURCES
  6. CHAPTER 4 VITILIGO IN ZOROASTRIAN INFLUENCED WESTERN AND EASTERN IRAN
  7. CHAPTER 5 VITILIGO AS A LATIN TERM: ATTESTATIONS AND ETYMOLOGY
  8. CHAPTER 6 ΛΕΠΡΑ/LEPRA AND ΛΕΥΚΗ/LEUKE IN GREEK AND ROMAN SOURCES
  9. CHAPTER 7 VITILIGO IN JEWISH SOURCES
  10. CHAPTER 8 VITILIGO IN PRE-MODERN ISLAMIC/ARABIC MEDICINE
  11. CHAPTER 9 EARLY CHRISTIAN INTERPRETATIONS OF ΛΕΠΡA < ṢĀRAaAT AS VITILIGO
  12. CHAPTER 10 HORRIBLY WHITENED SKIN : REAL AND IMAGINED, WITH A SUMMARY

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