Yoga in Modern India Engelska 2009
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ISBN:
9788178223247
Förlag:
New Age Books
Sidor:
322
Vikt:
602 g
Produktmått:
13 x 21 x 2 cm
Bokomslag:
Pocketbok
Thema:
- Popular medicine and health
- India
Yoga has come to be an icon of Indian culture and civilization, and it is widely regarded as being timeless and unchanging. Based on extensive ethnographic research and an analysis of both ancient and modern texts, "Yoga in Modern India" challenges this popular view by examining the history of yoga, focusing on its emergence in modern India and its dramatically changing form and significance in the twentieth century. Joseph Alter argues that yoga's transformation into a popular activity idolized for its health value is based on modern ideas about science and medicine.
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