The Mad Farmer's Medicine: Wendell Berry's Understanding of Health as Wholeness

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dc.contributor.advisorMoore, Scott
dc.contributor.authorBrown, William
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity Scholar.en_US
dc.contributor.otherBaylor Universityen_US
dc.contributor.schoolsHonors College - Honors Programen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-17T13:22:53Z
dc.date.available2021-05-17T13:22:53Z
dc.date.copyright2021
dc.date.issued2021-05-17
dc.description.abstractAs a self-proclaimed contrarian, author Wendell Berry is a fierce critic of many aspects of modern American life. Most of Berry’s work primarily discusses the industrialization of agriculture and the effects this has on rural communities, but he has also written about the healthcare system in both his fiction and an essay titled “Health is Membership”. While many people agree there are flaws in the American healthcare industry, some readers might dismiss Berry’s criticism due to his lack of medical training. In this essay, I will argue that Berry’s understanding of health as wholeness is not only sound but leaves aspiring physicians with a wider understanding of “health.” In both his fiction and non-fiction, Berry’s definition of health necessarily places an emphasis on communal well-being while highlighting the limitations of medicine. In a time of pandemic, the local wisdom of this “Mad Farmer” might be more important than ever before.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2104/11232
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsBaylor University projects are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. Contact libraryquestions@baylor.edu for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.accessrightsWorldwide accessen_US
dc.subjectWendell Berry.en_US
dc.subjectHealthcare.en_US
dc.subjectAgrarianism.en_US
dc.titleThe Mad Farmer's Medicine: Wendell Berry's Understanding of Health as Wholenessen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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