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Zusatztext "A History of Modern Yoga makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the roots of yoga, the connections between Western and Neo-Vedantic esotericism, and ways in which Hindu reformers remained active agents in combating Orientalist constructions of Hinduism, even while influencing Western audiences....this book is most appropriate for graduate students or advanced undergraduates." - Missiology - An International Review, October 2005 Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth De Michelis is Gordon Milburn Junior Research Fellow at Oriel College, University of Oxford, UK. Klappentext Please note: We can't take UK web orders at this time, but further information can be obtained by emailing info(at)continuumbooks.com. US web orders are available now. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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...
