Fascist Yoga
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-5112-4 (ISBN)
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The practice of yoga promises peace, self-realisation and release, thanks to the power of its 'mystic' Indian origins. But what if this is just hype? In Fascist Yoga, Stewart Home sweeps away the half-truths to tell a new origin story of the world’s first modern yogi – a Californian escapologist who added some Hindu fairy dust to gym and circus exercises.
Ever since, the world of yoga has been full of grifters, occultists and white supremacists, all out to exploit and recruit via the medium of exercise. From cult leaders to brainwashed followers, TV celebrities and fake gurus, the story of yoga has involved some of the strangest currents of humanity.
Today, the COVID pandemic has activated elements within the modern yoga movement to espouse far-right conspiracies, and QAnon’s fascist political programmes mirror some of yoga’s key early proponents.
In this new exposé, Stewart Home shows that nothing is sacred.
Stewart Home is a legend of counterculture. He is an artist, filmmaker, pamphleteer, art historian and activist, and the author of countless pulp fictions, including most recently Art School Orgy and She’s My Witch. He regularly performs to audiences across the world and recently started making headstand paintings with the canvas placed above him and brushes held in his toes. He was born and lives in London.
Introduction
1. Was Yoga Invented by Pierre Bernard in California at the Start of the 20th Century?
2. Fascist Yoga
3. Yoga in the UK & USA after the Military Defeat of Fascism: Mail Order Courses, Books, Media Features, Celebrity Endorsements and Yogic Televangelism
4. Frank Rudolph Young, and Yoga for the Aspiring Muscle Man Who Wants a Wife Half His Age
Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.5.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7453-5112-3 / 0745351123 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7453-5112-4 / 9780745351124 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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