Biological order, social order; illness, a primary form of event
p. 23
The need for meaning, the explanation of ill fortune: the Senufo
p. 71
Sterility, aridity, drought: some invariants of symbolic thought
p. 97
History of diseases, history and disease: Africa
p. 123
From the Right to Illness to the Duty to be Healthy: The Industrial Society
Modern medicine and the quest for meaning: illness as a social signifier
p. 151
The social meanings of health: Paris, the Essonne and the Herault
p. 175
From healing to salvation: the neo-rural apocalyptic communities in France
p. 207
Index
p. 225
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