| Is This Yoga?: Concepts, Histories, and the Complexities of Modern Practice Contributor(s): Foxen, Anya (Author), Kuberry, Christa (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138390070 ISBN-13: 9781138390072 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $48.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Hinduism - History - Philosophy | Eastern - Religion | Hinduism - Ritual & Practices |
| Dewey: 181.45 |
| LCCN: 2020050580 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9.2" (0.95 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides a rigorously researched, critically comparative introduction to yoga. Is This Yoga? Concepts, Histories, and the Complexities of Contemporary Practice recognizes the importance of contemporary understandings of yoga and, at the same time, provides historical context and complexity to modern and pre-modern definitions of yogic ideas and practices. Approaching yoga as a vast web of concepts, traditions, social interests, and embodied practices, it raises questions of knowledge, identity, and power across time and space, including the dynamics of East and West. The text is divided into three main sections: thematic concepts; histories; and topics in modern practice. This accessible guide is essential reading for undergraduate students approaching the topic for the first time, as well as yoga teachers, teacher training programs, casual and devoted practitioners, and interested non-practitioners. |