Yoga in Modern India

Yoga in Modern India
Author :
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 356
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0691118744
ISBN-13 : 9780691118741
Rating : 4/5 (741 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Yoga in Modern India by : Joseph S. Alter

Download or read book Yoga in Modern India written by Joseph S. Alter and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-19 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga has come to be an icon of Indian culture and civilization and is regarded as being both timeless and unchanging. Based on research and an analysis of both ancient and modern texts, this book challenges this popular view by focusing on yoga's cultural production in modern India and its dramatically changing significance in the 20th century.


Yoga in Modern India Related Books

Yoga in Modern India
Language: en
Pages: 356
Authors: Joseph S. Alter
Categories: Health & Fitness
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-09-19 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

GET EBOOK

Yoga has come to be an icon of Indian culture and civilization and is regarded as being both timeless and unchanging. Based on research and an analysis of both
A History of Modern Yoga
Language: en
Pages: 301
Authors: Elizabeth De Michelis
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-12-08 - Publisher: A&C Black

GET EBOOK

Please note: We can't take UK web orders at this time, but further information can be obtained by emailing [email protected]. US web orders are available
Yoga in the Modern World
Language: en
Pages: 419
Authors: Mark Singleton
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-06-30 - Publisher: Routledge

GET EBOOK

Today yoga is a thoroughly globalised phenomenon. Yoga has taken the world by storm and is even seeing renewed popularity in India. Both in India and abroad, ad
Gurus of Modern Yoga
Language: en
Pages: 401
Authors: Mark Singleton
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

GET EBOOK

Gurus of Modern Yoga explores the contributions that individual gurus have made to the formation of the practices and discourses of yoga in today's world.
Yoga in Modern India
Language: en
Pages: 350
Authors: Joseph S. Alter
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-05-11 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

GET EBOOK

Yoga has come to be an icon of Indian culture and civilization, and it is widely regarded as being timeless and unchanging. Based on extensive ethnographic rese