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Autore: | Alter Joseph S |
Titolo: | Yoga in modern India : the body between science and philosophy / / Joseph S. Alter [[electronic resource]] |
Pubblicazione: | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 326 p. ) : ill. ; |
Disciplina: | 181/.45 |
Soggetto topico: | Yoga |
Hindu philosophy | |
Philosophy, Modern | |
Metaphysics | |
Knowledge, Theory of - India | |
Knowledge, Theory of | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-307) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Altri titoli varianti: | Yoga in Modern India |
Titolo autorizzato: | Yoga in modern India |
ISBN: | 0-691-11874-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996248151003316 |
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