Yoga of Power - Yoga As Political Thought and Practice in India

This book argues for a wider understanding of yoga, demonstrating that yoga has long expressed political thought and practice.

List of contents

Preface
A Note on Diacritics, Sources, and Citations
Introduction
Part I. Ancient and Classical Periods
1. Yoga as War and Peace in the ¿g Veda and the Mah¿bh¿rata
2. Yoga as Political Strategy in the Arthä¿stra
Interlude
Part II. Modern Period
3. Yoga as Revolution in Anticolonial Nationalism
4. Yoga as Sovereignty in Princely India

Conclusion: Yoga Infrastructure in India's Bureaucracy
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Sunila S. Kale is a professor in the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her books include Electrifying India: Regional Political Economies of Development (2014).

Christian Lee Novetzke is a professor in the Jackson School of International Studies and the Comparative History of Ideas Department at the University of Washington, Seattle. His books include The Quotidian Revolution: Vernacularization, Religion, and the Premodern Public Sphere in India (Columbia, 2016).

Summary

This book argues for a wider understanding of yoga, demonstrating that yoga has long expressed political thought and practice.

Product details

• Authors: Sunila Kalé, Christian Lee Novetzke, Christian Lee Kale Novetzke, Novetzke Christian Lee
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.2024
• EAN: 9780231179249
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17924-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HEALTH & FITNESS / Yoga, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, PHILOSOPHY / Hindu, India, RELIGION / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice, Exercise & workout books, Yoga for exercise, Hinduism, Asian History, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Hindu Life & Practice, Hindu life and practice, HISTORY / Asia / South / India, yoga; political thought