Anya P. Foxen

Inhaling Spirit

Harmonialism, Orientalism, and the Western Roots of Modern Yoga

Buch

Recent scholarship has shown that modern postural yoga is the outcome of a complex process of transcultural exchange and syncretism. This book doubles down on those claims and digs even deeper, looking to uncover the disparate but entangled roots of modern yoga practice. Anya Foxen shows that some of what we call yoga, especially in North America and Europe, is genealogically only slightly related to pre-modern Indian yoga traditions. Rather, it is equally, if notmore so, grounded in Hellenistic theories of the subtle body, Western esotericism and magic, pre-modern European medicine, and late-nineteenth-century women's wellness programs.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-19-008273-4
EAN: 9780190082734
Produktnummer: 33160711
Verlag: Oxford Academic
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 336 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.6 cm

Über den Autor

Anya P. Foxen, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, with a dual appointment in Religious Studies and Women's and Gender Studies. Her research centers primarily on alternative spiritualities and their intersections with gender, modernity, and science. She is a certified yoga instructor and long-time practitioner.