Inhaling spirit : harmonialism, orientalism, and the western roots of modern yoga / Anya P. Foxen.
2020
RA781.67
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Title
Inhaling spirit : harmonialism, orientalism, and the western roots of modern yoga / Anya P. Foxen.
ISBN
9780190082765 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
RA781.67
Dewey Decimal Classification
613.7046
Summary
Recent scholarship has shown that modern postural yoga is the outcome of a complex process of transcultural exchange and syncretism. This text doubles down on those claims and digs even deeper, looking to uncover the disparate but entangled roots of modern yoga practice. Anya Foxen shows that some of what we call yoga, especially in North America and Europe, is genealogically only slightly related to pre-modern Indian yoga traditions. Rather, it is equally, if not more so, grounded in Hellenistic theories of the subtle body, Western esotericism and magic, pre-modern European medicine, and late-nineteenth-century women's wellness programs.
Note
Recent scholarship has shown that modern postural yoga is the outcome of a complex process of transcultural exchange and syncretism. This text doubles down on those claims and digs even deeper, looking to uncover the disparate but entangled roots of modern yoga practice. Anya Foxen shows that some of what we call yoga, especially in North America and Europe, is genealogically only slightly related to pre-modern Indian yoga traditions. Rather, it is equally, if not more so, grounded in Hellenistic theories of the subtle body, Western esotericism and magic, pre-modern European medicine, and late-nineteenth-century women's wellness programs.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 7, 2020).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780190082734
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