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Gurus of Modern Yoga

Singleton, Mark [u.a.] [Hrsg.]:
Gurus of Modern Yoga / ed. by Mark Singleton and Ellen Goldberg. - New York [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2014. - XI, 386 S. : Ill.
ISBN 978-0-19-993870-4
US$ 99,00 / £ 70,00 (Hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-19-993872-8
US$ 29,95 / £ 19,99 (Paperback)
DDC: 294.53460922

Beschreibung
Within most pre-modern, Indian traditions of yoga, the role of the guru is absolutely central. Indeed, it was often understood that yoga would simply not work without the grace of the guru. The modern period saw the dawn of new, democratic, scientific modes of yoga practice and teaching. While teachings and gurus have always adapted to the times and circumstances, the sheer pace of cultural change ushered in by modernity has led to some unprecedented innovations in the way gurus present themselves and their teachings, and the way they are received by their students.
   Gurus of Modern Yoga explores the contributions of individual gurus to the formation of the practices and discourses of yoga today. The focus is not limited to India, but also extends to the teachings of yoga gurus in the modern, transnational world, and within the Hindu diaspora. Each section deals with a different aspect of the guru within modern yoga. Included are extensive considerations of the transnational tantric guru; the teachings of modern yoga's best-known guru, T. Krishnamacharya, and those of his principal disciples; the place of technology, business and politics in the work of global yoga gurus; and the role of science and medicine. As a whole, the book represents an extensive and diverse picture of the place of the guru, both past and present, in contemporary yoga practice. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Contributors. vii
Note on Transliteration. xii
Mark Singleton and Ellen Goldberg:
Introduction. 1
PART ONE: KEY FIGURES IN EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY YOGA
1. Dermot Killingley:
Manufacturing Yogis: Swami Vivekananda as a Yoga Teacher. 17
2. Ann Gleig and Charles I. Flores:
Remembering Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: The Forgotten Lineage of Integral Yoga. 38
3. Joseph S. Alter:
Shri Yogendra: Magic, Modernity and the Burden of the Middle-Class Yogi. 60
PART TWO: THE LINEAGES OF T. KRISHNAMACHARYA
4. Mark Singleton and Tara Fraser:
T. Krishnamacharya, "Father of Modern Yoga". 83
5. Jean Byrne:
"Authorized by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois": The Role of Paramparā and Lineage in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. 107
6. Frederick M. Smith and Joan White:
B.K.S. Iyengar as a Yoga Teacher and Yoga Guru. 122
7. Suzanne Newcombe:
The Institutionalization of the Yoga Tradition: "Gurus" B. K. S. Iyengar and Yogini Sunita in Britain. 147
PART THREE: TANTRA BASED GURUS
8. Ellen Goldberg:
Swami Kṛpālvānanda: The Man Behind Kripalu Yoga. 171
9. Andrea R. Jain:
Muktananda: Entrepreneurial Godman, Tantric Hero. 190
10. Lola Williamson:
Stretching toward the Sacred: John Friend and Anusara Yoga. 210
PART FOUR: BHAKTIYOGA
11. Hanna H. Kim:
Svāminārāyaṇa: Bhaktiyoga and the Akṣarabhraman Guru. 237
12. Smriti Srinivas:
Sathya Sai Baba and the Repertoire of Yoga. 261
PART FIVE: TECHNOLOGY
13. Joanne Punzo Waghorne:
Engineering an Artful Practice: On Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Yoga and Sri Sri Ravi Shakar's Art of Living. 283
14. Maya Warrier:
Online Bhakti in a Modern Guru Organization. 308
PART SIX: NATION-BUILDERS
15. Gwilym Beckerlegge:
Eknath Ranade, Gurus and Jīvanvratīs: Vivekananda Kendra's Promotion of the "Yoga Way of Life". 327
16. Stuart Sarbacker:
Swami Ramdev: Modern Yoga Revolutionary. 351
Index. 373

Vorschau

Herausgeber
MARK SINGLETON is an Instructor at St. John's College. Faculty page; Academia.edu profile; Modern Yoga Research - profile.
ELLEN GOLDBERG is Associate Professor of South Asian Religions at Queen's University. Profile page; Modern Yoga Research - profile.

Quellen: Oxford University Press (USA); Oxford University Press (UK); WorldCat; Bookbutler; Google Books
Bildquelle: Oxford University Press (USA)
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