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oapen-20.500.12657-282152023-07-18T11:56:31Z Yoga in Transformation Baier, Karl Maas, Philipp André Preisendanz, Karin Theology & Religion India Religion Yoga Buddhism bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRE Buddhism This volume explores aspects of yoga over a period of about 2500 years. In its first part, it investigates facets of the South Asian and Tibetan traditions of yoga, such as the evolution of posture practice, the relationship between yoga and sex, yoga in the theistic context, the influence of Buddhism on early yoga, and the encounter of Islam with classical yoga. The second part addresses aspects of modern globalised yoga and its historical formation, as for example the emergence of yoga in Viennese occultism, the integration of yoga and nature cure in modern India, the eventisation of yoga in a global setting, and the development of Patañjali’s iconography. In keeping with the current trend in yoga studies, the emphasis of the volume is on the practice of yoga and its theoretical underpinnings. 2018-10-01 23:55:55 2020-03-19 03:00:36 2020-04-01T12:18:00Z 2020-04-01T12:18:00Z 2018 book 1001779 OCN: 1083013287 9783737008624 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/28215 eng application/pdf n/a 1001779.pdf https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entdecken/theologie-und-religion/religionswissenschaft/16133/yoga-in-transformation V&R unipress 10.14220/9783737008624 103607 10.14220/9783737008624 Brill b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783737008624 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) V&R unipress Göttingen 103607 KU Open Services Knowledge Unlatched open access
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This volume explores aspects of yoga over a period of about 2500 years. In its first part, it investigates facets of the South Asian and Tibetan traditions of yoga, such as the evolution of posture practice, the relationship between yoga and sex, yoga in the theistic context, the influence of Buddhism on early yoga, and the encounter of Islam with classical yoga. The second part addresses aspects of modern globalised yoga and its historical formation, as for example the emergence of yoga in Viennese occultism, the integration of yoga and nature cure in modern India, the eventisation of yoga in a global setting, and the development of Patañjali’s iconography. In keeping with the current trend in yoga studies, the emphasis of the volume is on the practice of yoga and its theoretical underpinnings.
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