Fascist Yoga - Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, & the New Order in Wellness

The practice of yoga promises peace, self-realisation and release, thanks to the power of its 'mystic' Indian origins. But what if this is just hype? In Fascist Yoga, Stewart Home sweeps away the half-truths to tell a new origin story of the world's first modern yogi - a Californian escapologist who added some Hindu fairy dust to gym and circus exercises.Ever since, the world of yoga has been full of grifters, occultists and white supremacists, all out to exploit and recruit via the medium of exercise. From cult leaders to brainwashed followers, TV celebrities and fake gurus, the story of yoga has involved some of the strangest currents of humanity.Today, the COVID pandemic has activated elements within the modern yoga movement to espouse far-right conspiracies, and QAnon's fascist political programmes mirror some of yoga's key early proponents.In this new expose, Stewart Home shows that nothing is sacred.

Product details

• Authors: Stewart Home
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2025
• EAN: 9780745351124
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-5112-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HEALTH & FITNESS / Yoga, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Conspiracy Theories, Fascism & Nazism, Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice, Social and cultural history, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Mind, body, spirit: thought and practice, Conspiracy Theories, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Yoga (as a philosophy)