Author: Joseph S. Alter
Edition:
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0691118736
Edition:
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0691118736
Yoga in Modern India: The Body between Science and Philosophy
Yoga has come to be an icon of Indian culture and civilization, and it is widely regarded as being timeless and unchanging. Get Yoga in Modern India diet books 2013 for free.
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.Alter centers his analysis on an interpretation of the seminal work of Swami Kuvalayananda, one of the chief architects of the Yoga Renaissance in the early twentieth century. Check Yoga in Modern India our best diet books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.
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