Andrea R. Jain (Associate Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Peace Love Yoga

The Politics of Global Spirituality

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Produktbeschreibung

Engaging with the growing popular and academic interest in the "spiritual but not religious," Andrea R. Jain explores the connections between the practices of global spirituality and aspects of neoliberal capitalism in Peace Love Yoga.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9780190888633
• ISBN-10: 0190888636
• Artikelnr.: 60141944

Autorenporträt

Andrea R. Jain, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University, Indianapolis (IUPUI), editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, and author of Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture. Her areas of research include religion under neoliberal capitalism; global yoga; South Asian religions; sexuality, embodiment, and religion; and theories of religion.

Inhaltsangabe

* No Bad Vibes: A Preface
* 1. Breathe Practice Repeat: Theorizing Neoliberal Spirituality, or,
Religion Under neoliberal Capitalism
* 2. Good Karma: Debating Authenticity in the Study of Neoliberal
Spirituality
* 3. Namaste All Day: Appropriating and Commodifying the Ancient,
Exotic, and Evocative
* 4. Self Love Club: Neoliberal Feminism and the Call to Heal the Self,
Not the System
* 5. Made in Bharat: Yoga as Political Ritual
* An Inside Job: Concluding Remarks
* Notes