Yoga in Transformation
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Wiener Forum für Theologie und Religionswissenschaft 16
Karl Baier/Philipp André Maas/Karin Preisendanz u a
Firstly the contributors investigate 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 Patañjalis iconography.
€100.00
(inklusive MwSt.)
Verfügbarkeit: Besorgungstitel, Festbezug
Zusatztext
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 Patañjalis 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.
Autorenportrait
<p>Prof. Dr. Karl Baier ist Außerordentlicher Universitätsprofessor am Institut für Religionswissenschaft der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Wien. </p>
Weitere Details
Erschienen: 10.09.2018
Umfang: 630 S.
Sprache: Deutsch
Einband: GEB
ISBN/EAN: 9783847108627
Umbreit-Nr.: 4990796
