Reintroducing Nature into Health and Wellbeing

Janaka Jayawickrama is a professor of Social Anthropology in the Department of History and Director—Research Centre for Health and Wellbeing of the College of Liberal Arts, Shanghai University, China. He has researched and published widely on issues of health and wellbeing, especially related to disasters, conflicts, and uneven development. His work has been influential in global policies on humanitarian responses and bringing the voices of communities into policies.Devendraraj Madhanagopal is an assistant professor at the School of Sustainability, XIM University, Odisha, India. He has conducted research on various topics, including environmental sociology, environmental governance, social and political dimensions of climate change, environmental justice, climate justice, and social inclusion. He is the author of a book monograph with Routledge and the lead editor of three edited volumes with Springer Nature and Routledge.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Problem of Biomedical Definitions of Health and Wellbeing.- Chapter 3. Defining Health and Wellbeing through Ancient South Asian Philosophies.- Chapter 4. Practical Implications and Possible Adaptations.- Chapter 5. Towards a New Paradigm.- Chapter 6. Conclusion.