02338pam 2200445 a 450 99624815100331620060516181035.00-691-11874-4(CKB)3400000000085114(MH)009471400-2(EXLCZ)99340000000008511420031117d2004 uy 0engYoga in modern India the body between science and philosophy /Joseph S. Alter[electronic resource]Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Pressc20041 online resource (xxiii, 326 p. )ill. ;Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-307) and index.List of 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.Yoga in Modern IndiaYogaHindu philosophyPhilosophy, ModernMetaphysicsKnowledge, Theory ofIndiaKnowledge, Theory ofElectronic booksYoga.Hindu philosophy.Philosophy, Modern.Metaphysics.Knowledge, Theory ofKnowledge, Theory of.181/.45Alter Joseph S1006617DLCBOOK996248151003316Yoga in modern India2316837UNISAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress