Book Review of Yoga in Transformation (Baier, Maas, et al. Eds., 2018).

  • Karen O’Brien-Kop University of Roehampton, London

Abstract

Yoga in Transformation: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Edited by Karl Baier, Philipp A. Maas, and Karin Preisendanz. Vienna: Vienna University Press, 2018. 630 pages; 55 figures.


The Yoga in Transformation volume pulls together extended research papers from an eponymous conference held at the University of Vienna in 2013. Featuring sixteen peer-reviewed chapters from world-leading scholars, the volume is a valuable resource for academic yoga studies—probably more at graduate than undergraduate level, given its original research content. The collection is divided into two sections. The first, titled “Yoga in South Asia and Tibet,” features mostly studies on texts, while the second, titled “Globalised Yoga,” focuses on developments in the twentieth century and is more interdisciplinary, including textual research, anthropology, sociology, affect theory, and art history.

Published
2021-01-21
How to Cite
O’BRIEN-KOP, Karen. Book Review of Yoga in Transformation (Baier, Maas, et al. Eds., 2018).. Journal of Yoga Studies, [S.l.], v. 3, p. 87–91, jan. 2021. ISSN 2664-1739. Available at: <https://journalofyogastudies.org/index.php/JoYS/article/view/2020.V3.O%27Brien-Kop.YogainTransformation>. Date accessed: 28 mar. 2024.
Section
Book Reviews