Yoga in Modern India : The Body between Science and Philosophy /

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Yoga has come to be an icon of Indian culture and civilization, and it is widely regarded as being timeless and unchanging. Based on extensive ethnographic research and an analysis of both ancient and modern texts, Yoga in Modern India challenges this popular view by examining the history of yoga, f...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alter, Joseph S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Temas:
Hindu philosophy.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Metaphysics.
Philosophy, Modern.
Yoga.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Banaras Hindu University.
Bharatiya Yog Sansthan.
Cartesian dualism.
Freedom Movement.
Indus civilization.
Kabir Baug Matha.
Kaundinya.
Madhavdas Vacuum.
Madhavdas.
addiction to health.
allopathic medicine.
alternative science.
anabolic metabolism.
anthropological methods.
asceticism.
autonomic nervous system.
belief in disbelief.
biochemical experiments.
biochemistry.
biomorality.
capitalism.
cardiovascular endurance.
colonialism.
consciousness.
cultural studies.
deconstruction.
discursive power.
egalitarianism.
embodiment.
empathy.
enlightenment.
ethnographic representation.
feminism.
globalization.
governmentality.
gymnasium.
headstand posture.
heap person.
historiography.
homeopathy.
ideology.
invisible congregation.
jumping jacks.
laboratory.
laghiman.
liberal humanism.
liberation.
materialism.
misunderstanding.
modernization.
national identity.
nostril dominance.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • PART 1. Introduction and Orientation
  • 1 HISTORICIZING YOGA: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LIBERATED SOULS
  • 2 YOGA AND THE SUPRAMENTAL BEING: MATERIALISM, METAPHYSICS, AND SOCIAL REALITY
  • PART 2. Yoga's Modern History and Practice
  • 3 SWAMI KUVALAYANANDA: SCIENCE, YOGA, AND GLOBAL MODERNITY
  • 4 BIRTH OF THE ANTI-CLINIC: NATUROPATHIC YOGA IN A POST-GANDHIAN, POSTCOLONIAL STATE
  • 5 DR. KARANDIKAR, DR. PAL, AND THE RSS: PURIFICATION, SUBTLE GYMNASTICS, AND MAN MAKING
  • PART 3. Conclusion
  • 6 AUTO-URINE THERAPY-THE ELIXIR OF LIFE: YOGA, AYURVEDA, AND SELF-PERFECTION
  • 7 MIMETIC SKEPTICISM AND YOGA: MOVING BEYOND THE PROBLEM OF CULTURE AND RELATIVISM
  • NOTES
  • GLOSSARY
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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