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.

Sommario

Preface
A Note on Diacritics, Sources, and Citations
Introduction
Part I. Ancient and Classical Periods
1. Yoga as War and Peace in the Ṛg Veda and the Mahābhārata
2. Yoga as Political Strategy in the Arthaśāstra
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

Info autore

Sunila S. Kalé 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).

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sunila Kale, Sunila Kalé, Christian Lee Novetzke, Christian Lee Kale Novetzke, Novetzke Christian Lee
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2024
• EAN: 9780231220019
• ISBN: 978-0-231-22001-9
• Pagine: 272
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 230 mm x 14 mm
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; 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, health & fitness; religion; philosophy