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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
0826487726
ISBN-13
9780826487728
eBay Product ID (ePID)
54245106

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
302 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
History of Modern Yoga : Patanjali and Western Esotericism
Publication Year
2005
Subject
General, Yoga
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Health & Fitness
Author
Elizabeth De Michelis
Format
Uk-Trade Paper

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Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
15.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
A
Reviews
'...Likely to stimulate debate...researchers working in the fields that Elizabeth De Michelis spans will find this an interesting and, at certain points, provocative study.' Volume 21, Number 1, "A History of Modern Yoga makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the roots of yoga, theconnections between Western and Neo-Vedantic esotericism, and ways in whichHindu reformers remained active agents in combating Orientalist constructionsof Hinduism, even while influencing Western audiences....this book is mostappropriate for graduate students or advanced undergraduates." Missiology An International Review,October 2005, 'A History of Modern Yoga is a timely work of astute, rigorous, critical scholarship. De Michelis has done an outstanding job' Prof Joseph Alter University of Pittsburgh, "A History of Modern Yoga makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the roots of yoga, theconnections between Western and Neo-Vedantic esotericism, and ways in whichHindu reformers remained active agents in combating Orientalist constructionsof Hinduism, even while influencing Western audiences....this book is mostappropriate for graduate students or advanced undergraduates." -- Missiology -- An International Review,October 2005, 'carefully researched and closely-argued . . . Far more than a reconstruction of the history of Modern Yoga, the book is an important contribution to the history of Orientalism, the Brahmo Samaj, and Neo-Vedanta.' Prof David Gordon White Department of Religious Studies University of California, Santa Barbara, De Michelis (faculty of Divinity, Cambridge) has made an important contribution to modern scholarship in religion with this history of yogic practice. Many readers will find her style dry in the extreme, but she is quite adept at unstitching the many complex strands of association and precedent that have gone into the modern concepts of yogic practice, from 18th-century Bengal to 20th-century America. A crucial addition to academically inclined libraries and an important eyeopener for larger collections., '...De Michelis greatly adds to our knowledge of how contemporary presentations of yoga differ from earlier ones.'
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
181/.45
Table Of Content
Introduction PART I: The Prehistory of Modern Yoga 1. Roots of Modern Yoga 2. The religious foundations of Modern Yoga 3. Vivekananda and the emergence of Neo-Vedåntic occultism 4. "God-realisation" and "Self-realisation" in Neo-Vedånta PART II: Modern Yoga Theory and Practice 5. Vivekananda's Raja-Yoga (1896): Modern Yoga formulated 6. 20th century developments of Modern Yoga 7. Theory and practice of Iyengar Yoga 8. Conclusion: Modern Postural Yoga as healing ritual of secular religion
Synopsis
A History of Modern Yoga traces the roots of Modern Yoga back to the spread of western esoteric ideas in 18th century Bengal's intellectual circles. In due course Raja Yoga, published by Vivekananda in 1896, became the seminal text of Modern., Please note: We can't take UK web orders at this time, but further information can be obtained by emailing info@continuumbooks.com. US web orders are available now., A History of Modern Yoga traces the roots of Modern Yoga back to the spread of western esoteric ideas in 18th century Bengal's intellectual circles. In due course Raja Yoga, published by Vivekananda in 1896, became the seminal text of Modern Yoga largely because, the author shows, it reconfigured the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali along the lines of a then emerging New Age occultistic style of secularised and individualistically oriented religiosity. With regard to 20th century developments, this book proposes a four-fold typology of Modern Yoga comprising Modern Psychosomatic, Modern Meditational, Modern Postural and Modern Denominational forms. Iyengar Yoga, one of the most influential schools of Modern Postural Yoga, is then analyzed in the light of this framework, while the conclusion shows how a typical Modern Postural Yoga session may be interpreted to reveal the forms and contents of a healing ritual of secular religion. >, A History of Modern Yoga traces the roots of Modern Yoga back to the spread of western esoteric ideas in 18th century Bengal's intellectual circles. In due course Raja Yoga, published by Vivekananda in 1896, became the seminal text of Modern Yoga largely because, the author shows, it reconfigured the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali along the lines of a then emerging New Age occultistic style of secularised and individualistically oriented religiosity. With regard to 20th century developments, this book proposes a four-fold typology of Modern Yoga comprising Modern Psychosomatic, Modern Meditational, Modern Postural and Modern Denominational forms. Iyengar Yoga, one of the most influential schools of Modern Postural Yoga, is then analyzed in the light of this framework, while the conclusion shows how a typical Modern Postural Yoga session may be interpreted to reveal the forms and contents of a healing ritual of secular religion.
LC Classification Number
B132.Y6D37 2005

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