{"product_id":"the-yoga-of-power-yoga-as-political-thought-and-practice-in-india-9780231179249","title":"The Yoga of Power: Yoga as Political Thought and Practice in India","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Indian languages from Sanskrit to Marathi, yoga has an enormous range of meanings, though most often it refers to philosophy or methods to control the mind and body. This book argues for a wider understanding, demonstrating that yoga has long expressed political thought and practice. The political idea of yoga names the tools of kings, poets, warriors, and revolutionaries. It encodes stratagems for going into battle and for the demands of governance. This idea suggests routes to self-rule even when faced with implacable obstacles, and it defines righteous action amid the grime and grief of politics and war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSunila S. Kal? and Christian Lee Novetzke chart a new genealogy of yoga, beginning with uses of the term in the \u003ci\u003eṚg Veda\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eMahābhārata\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBhagavad Gītā\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eArthaśāstra\u003c\/i\u003e. In the world of these texts, yoga names everything from war and battle strategy to good governance, espionage, taxation, and welfare. Kal? and Novetzke follow this trail into the modern period, examining the writings and speeches of thinkers such as Gandhi, Tilak, Aurobindo, and Ambedkar as well as the extraordinary story of the Princely State of Aundh, whose ruler saw the Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) as a tool for sovereignty. Offering a novel interpretation of yoga that embraces its long-standing political conceptualization, this book sheds light on South Asian political thought and history from its earliest texts to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSunila S. Kal? is a professor in the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her books include \u003ci\u003eElectrifying India: Regional Political Economies of Development\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristian Lee Novetzke is a professor in the Jackson School of International Studies and the Comparative History of Ideas Department at the University of Washington, Seattle. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Quotidian Revolution: Vernacularization, Religion, and the Premodern Public Sphere in India\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2016).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50871697047826,"sku":"9780231179249","price":153.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fe29a7f8-70e4-4d14-8743-d06a7748b7f1.jpg?v=1737846811","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-yoga-of-power-yoga-as-political-thought-and-practice-in-india-9780231179249","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}