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Yoga in modern India: the body between science and philosophy
Joseph S. Alter
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Frontmatter
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List of Illustrations (page xi)
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Preface (page xiii)
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Acknowledgments (page xxi)
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PART 1 INTRODUCTION AND ORIENTATION
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1 Historicizing Yoga: The Life and Time of Liberated Souls (page 3)
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2 Yoga and the Supermental Being: Materialism, Metaphysics, and Social Reality (page 32)
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PART 2 YOGA'S MODERN HISTORY AND PRACTICE
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3 Swami Kuvalayananda: Science, Yoga, and Global Modernity (page 73)
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4 Birth of the Anti-Clinic: Naturopathic Yoga in a Post-Gandhian, Postcolonial State (page 109)
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5 Dr. Karandikar, Dr. Pal, and the RSS: Purification, Subtle Gymnastics, and Man Making (page 142)
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PART 3 CONCLUSION
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6 Auto-Urine Therapy-The Elixir of Life: Yoga, Ayurveda, and Self-Perfection (page 181)
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7 Mimetic Skepticism and Yoga: Moving beyond the Problem of Culture and Relativism (page 211)
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Notes (page 247)
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Glossary (page 273)
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References (page 283)
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Index (page 309)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JAS | 66.2 (May, 2007): 562-564 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/20203182 |
JRAI | 11.4 (Dec. 2005): 846-847 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3804055 |
AANTH | 108.3 (Sep. 2006): 554-555 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3804645 |
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Published: c2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
- 9780691118741 (paper)
- 9780691118734 (hardcover)
- 9781400843435 (ebook)