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.
Alter 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 he 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.
The first serious ethnographic history of modern yoga in India,
this fluently written book is must reading not only for students
and scholars but also practitioners who seek a deeper understanding
of how yoga developed over time into the exceedingly popular
phenomenon it is today.
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