Yoga in Transformation

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Yoga in Transformation

Name: Yoga in Transformation
Brand: Brill Deutschland GmbH
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Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Written by Karl Baier, Philipp André Maas, Karin Preisendanz, Joseph S. Alter, Anand Amaladass, Ian Baker, Jason Birch, Gudrun Bühnemann, Maya Burger, Beatrix Hauser, Catharina Kiehnle, Anne Koch, James Mallinson, Suzanne Newcombe, Marion Rastelli, Dominik Wujastyk, Noémie Verdon, Karl Baier, Philipp André Maas, Karin Preisendanz and Jean-Robert Tyran

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This 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 Patañjali’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.

ISBN-13: 9783847108627
Publisher: V&R unipress
Imprint: Brill Deutschland GmbH
Publication date: 10 September 2018
Format: Hardback
Pages: 630
Dimensions: 237 x 160 mm
Illustrations: with 55 figures
Language: English