Yoga in Transformation

Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

630 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This volume explores aspects of yoga over a period of about 2500 years. In its first part, it investigates facets of the South Asian and Tibetan traditions of yoga, such as the evolution of posture practice, the relationship between yoga and sex, yoga in the theistic context, the influence of Buddhism on early yoga, and the encounter of Islam with classical yoga. The second part addresses aspects of modern globalised yoga and its historical formation, as for example the emergence of yoga in Viennese occultism, the integration of yoga and nature cure in modern India, the eventisation of yoga in a global setting, and the development of Patañjali’s iconography. In keeping with the current trend in yoga studies, the emphasis of the volume is on the practice of yoga and its theoretical underpinnings.

• Reihe: Wiener Forum für Theologie und Religionswissenschaft
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Philosophie Philosophische Traditionen und Denkschulen Ostasiatische und indische Philosophie
• ISBN: 9783847108627
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.09.2018
• Größe: 23.7 x 16 cm
• Verlag: V&R unipress
• Redaktionelle Beratung: Jean-Robert Tyran
• Herausgegeben von: Karl Baier
• Herausgegeben von: Karl Baier, Philipp André Maas, Karin Preisendanz, Joseph S. Alter, Anand Amaladass, Ian Baker, Jason Birch, Gudrun Bühnemann, Maya Burger, Beatrix Hauser, Catharina Kiehnle, Anne Koch, James Mallinson, Suzanne Newcombe, Marion Rastelli, Dominik Wujastyk, Noémie Verdon, Philipp André Maas, Karin Preisendanz