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A History of Modern Yoga: Patanjali and Western Esotericism
A History of Modern Yoga traces the roots of Modern Yoga back to the spread of western esoteric ideas in 18th century Bengal's intellectual circles. In due course Raja Yoga, published by Vivekananda in 1896, became the seminal text of Modern.
Book Details
- Publisher: Continuum
- Publish Date: Dec 8th, 2005
- Pages: 302
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.28in - 6.30in - 0.91in - 1.03lb
- EAN: 9780826487728
- Categories: • Eastern• Yoga
About the Author
Elizabeth De Michelis is Gordon Milburn Junior Research Fellow at Oriel College, University of Oxford, UK.
Praise for this book
'carefully researched and closely-argued . . . Far more than a reconstruction of the history of Modern Yoga, the book is an important contribution to the history of Orientalism, the Brahmo Samaj, and Neo-Vedanta.' Prof David Gordon White Department of Religious Studies University of California, Santa Barbara
Reference & Research Book News, August 2006--,
'A History of Modern Yoga is a timely work of astute, rigorous, critical scholarship. De Michelis has done an outstanding job' Prof Joseph Alter University of Pittsburgh
Reference & Research Book News, August 2006--mention
'...Likely to stimulate debate...researchers working in the fields that Elizabeth De Michelis spans will find this an interesting and, at certain points, provocative study.' Volume 21, Number 1--Sanford Lakoff "Journal Of Contemporary Religion "
'...De Michelis greatly adds to our knowledge of how contemporary presentations of yoga differ from earlier ones.'--Sanford Lakoff
Reference & Research Book News, August 2006--Sanford Lakoff