Peace, love, yoga : the politics of global spirituality /

"In Peace Love Yoga, Jain analyses growing spiritual industries and their coherence with neoliberal capitalism. "Personal growth," "self-care," and "transformation" are just some of the generative tropes in the narrative of these industries. Jain illuminates the po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jain, Andrea R. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Spirituality. Spiritualité. Free Enterprise. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS. Yoga. HEALTH & FITNESS. RELIGION. Popular Culture. SOCIAL SCIENCE. Spirituality Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover
Peace Love Yoga
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
No bad vibes: An Introduction
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
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index