Yoga in Transformation Historical and Contemporary Perspectives |
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| Contribution by:
| Baier, Karl
Maas, Philipp Andre
Preisendanz, Karin
Alter, Joseph S.
Amaladass, Anand
Baker, Ian
Birch, Jason
Buhnemann, Gudrun
Burger, Maya
Hauser, Beatrix
Kiehnle, Catharina
Koch, Anne
Mallinson, James |
| Editor:
| Baier, Karl
Maas, Philipp Andre
Preisendanz, Karin |
| Consultant Editor:
| Tyran, Jean-Robert |
| Cover Design by:
| Ketz, Dominik |
| Series title: | Wiener Forum Fur Theologie und Religionswissenschaft Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-8471-0862-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2018 |
| Publisher: | V&R Unipress
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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The volume explores aspects of yoga over a period of about 2500 years. In its first part, it investigates facets of the South Asian and Tibetan traditions of yoga, such as the evolution of posture practice, the relationship between yoga and sex, yoga in the theistic context, the influence of Buddhism on early Yoga, and the encounter of Islam with classical Yoga. The second part addresses aspects of modern globalised yoga and its historical formation, as for example the emergence of...
More DescriptionThe volume explores aspects of yoga over a period of about 2500 years. In its first part, it investigates facets of the South Asian and Tibetan traditions of yoga, such as the evolution of posture practice, the relationship between yoga and sex, yoga in the theistic context, the influence of Buddhism on early Yoga, and the encounter of Islam with classical Yoga. The second part addresses aspects of modern globalised yoga and its historical formation, as for example the emergence of yoga in Viennese occultism, the integration of yoga and nature cure in modern India, the eventisation of yoga in a global setting, and the development of Patanjali's iconography. In keeping with the current trend in yoga studies, the emphasis of the volume is on the practice of yoga and its theoretical underpinnings.