Transcendental Meditation in America : How a New Age Movement Remade a Small Town in Iowa /

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The Indian spiritual entrepreneur Maharishi Mahesh Yogi took the West by storm in the 1960s and '70s, charming Baby Boomers fed up with war and social upheaval with his message of meditation and peace. Heeding his call, two thousand followers moved to tiny Fairfield, Iowa, to set up their own u...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Weber, Joseph
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Iowa City, IA : University of Iowa Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Transzendentale Meditation
Transcendental Meditation.
Meditation.
RELIGION > Meditations.
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > Success.
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > Happiness.
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Applied Psychology.
Meditation > Iowa.
Meditation transcendantale.
Fairfield, Iowa
Iowa.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: Who Cares about Fairfield, Anyway?; 1. Classic Americana, with a Twist; 2. Going for Baroque; 3. Of God and Man; 4. Unearthly Delights; 5. Power of the Ballot; 6. Higher Ed, Higher Realms; 7. Death in Paradise; 8. Enlightenment for All Ages; 9. Just Business; 10. The Disaffected; 11. Maharishi Vedic City; 12. Does TM Have a Tomorrow?; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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