Patrick S. D. McCartney

Gebundenes Buch

Authenticity, Legitimacy and the Transglobal Yoga Industry

A Sociological Analysis of Shanti Mandir

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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 de 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9781032762357
• ISBN-10: 1032762357
• Artikelnr.: 72104318