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Sinister Yogis
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 25.00Since the 1960s, yoga has become a billion-dollar industry in the West, attracting housewives and hipsters, New Agers and the old-aged. But our modern conception of yoga derives much from nineteenth-century European spirituality, and the true story of yoga’s origins in South Asia is far richer, stranger, and more entertaining than most of us... more...
Yoga in Practice
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 29.95Yoga is a body of practice that spans two millennia and transcends the boundaries of any single religion, geographic region, or teaching lineage. In fact, over the centuries there have been many "yogas"--yogas of battlefield warriors, of itinerant minstrels and beggars, of religious reformers, and of course, the yogas of mind and body so popular today.... more...
Kiss of the Yogini
University of Chicago Press 2006; US$ 30.00For those who wonder what relation actual Tantric practices bear to the "Tantric sex" currently being marketed so successfully in the West, David Gordon White has a simple answer: there is none. Sweeping away centuries of misunderstandings and misrepresentations, White returns to original texts, images, and ritual practices to reconstruct the history... more...
Japan's Changing Generations
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95This book argues that 'the generation gap' in Japan is something more than young people resisting the adult social order before entering and conforming to that order. Rather, it signifies something more fundamental: the emergence of a new Japan, which may be quite different from the Japan of postwar decades. It argues that while young people in Japan... more...
Philosophers as Educational Reformers (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 10)
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 147.00This volume assesses how far the ideas and achievements of the 19th century British Idealist philosophical reformers are still important for us today when considering fundamental questions about the structure and objectives of the education system in England and Wales. Part 1 examines those ideas of the Idealists, especially T. H. Green, which had... more...
German Seaman 1939-45
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 14.95When re-armament came after World War I, the German Navy was forced to build anew, so the Reichsmarine and its successor, the Kriegsmarine, found itself in possession of some of the most modern, powerful and technically advanced vessels in the world. Germany was very selective in picking her sailors and the quality of manpower skill levels was thus... more...
The East Asian Welfare Model
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 68.95For many politicians and observers in the West, East Asia has provided a broad range of positive images of the state's intervention in society. Neoliberals grew excited by popular welfare systems that cost little in expenditure and bureaucracy. Social-democrats thought they had found a model for social cohesion and equality. In fact the reality in... more...
Spoils of War
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 1997; US$ 32.99In Spoils of War, a diverse group of distinguished contributors suggest that acts of aggression resulting from the racism and sexism inherent in social institutions can be viewed as a sort of 'war,' experienced daily by women of color. more...
By Faith Alone
Crossway 2007; US$ 13.99A thorough look at the false and empty doctrines that are attacking evangelicalism's commitment to one of its key doctrines— sola fide , by faith alone. more...
Theatre History Studies 2011
University of Alabama Press 2011; US$ 29.95"Theatre History Studies" is a peer-reviewed journal of theatre history and scholarship published annually since 1981 by the Mid-American Theatre Conference (MATC), a regional body devoted to theatre scholarship and practice. The conference encompasses the states of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, North... more...
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