Yoga in modern India : the body between science and philosophy / / Joseph S. Alter [[electronic resource]]
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Alter Joseph S
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| Titolo: |
Yoga in modern India : the body between science and philosophy / / Joseph S. Alter [[electronic resource]]
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| 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 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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