Yoga in modern India : the body between science and philosophy. (Record no. 81644)
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| fixed length control field | 01845nam a22001937a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9788178223247 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 181.45 J7749 Y |
| Item number | 24969 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Joseph S. Alter. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Yoga in modern India : the body between science and philosophy. |
| Medium | English. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | New Age Group |
| Date of publication | 2009 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 326 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Challenges the popular view that yoga is timeless and unchanging by examining the history of yoga, focusing on its emergence in modern India and its dramatically changing form and significance in the twentieth century. Alter argues that yoga's transformation into a popular activity idolized for its health value is based on modern ideas about science and medicine. He 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. From this point of orientation Alter explores current interpretations of yoga and considers how practitioners of yogic medicine and fitness combine the ideas of biology, physiology, and anatomy with those of metaphysics, transcendence, and magical power. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Yoga has come to be an Icon of Indian culture and civilization and it is widely regarded as being timeless and unchanging. 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. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Yoga |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Knowledge, Theory of |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Philosophy, Modern |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Chinmaya International Foundation | Chinmaya International Foundation | 11/08/2022 | 325.00 | 181.45 J7749 Y 24969 | 24969 | 11/08/2022 | Books |