Authenticity, Legitimacy and the Transglobal Yoga Industry

Auteur

Patrick S.D. McCartney is a Phoenix Fellow at Hiroshima University, Japan. He is also a Research Associate at Nanzan University's Anthropological Institute, Japan, an ISRF Research Fellow at the University of Santiago-Compostela, Spain, and a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University. Patrick is trained in archaeology, social anthropology, classical philology, sociolinguistics and computational social science. He works at the boundaries of the politics of imagination and the economics of desire. A sustained interest has involved exploring the biographies of Sanskrit and yoga and their relations to political theology, competitive diplomacy and faith-based development.

Texte du rabat

This book is a sociological study of knowledge and knowers and explores the production and perceived value of 'yogic knowledge', how distinction is curated, and how access to this knowledge is gained. It will be of interest to researchers studying South Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Indian religion and yoga.

Contenu

Preface; Acknowledgements; A Brief Outline of this Book Part I Chapter 1. Entering the Temple of Peace; Chapter 2. The Ashram, its Surrounds and the Daily Schedule; Chapter 3. Shanti Mandir's Tradition, Lineage and Philosophies; Chapter 4. The Social Network and Symbolic Exchanges of Capital; Chapter 5. Marketing Yoga, San tana Dharma and Neo-Hinduism Part II Chapter 6. Reading the Guru-as-Text; Chapter 7. Dar ana*'s Double-bind: Shame, Anxiety and Celebration; Chapter 8. Suggesting ***ntarasa: The Aesthetic Mood of Satsa ga Part III Chapter 9. Analysing Yoga's Knowledge Spectrum; Chapter 10. Cultivating Gazes and Knowledge Structures: Aesthetic Theories of Perception and Performance; Chapter 11. Exiting Shanti Mandir; Index