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From Yoga to Kabbalah: Religious Exoticism and the Logics of Bricolage
From Yoga to Kabbalah: Religious Exoticism and the Logics of Bricolage
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Religious exoticism implies a deeply ambivalent relationship to otherness and to religion itself: traditional religious teachings are uprooted and fragmented in order to be appropriated as practical methods for personal growth. Western contemporary societies have seen the massive
popularization of such exotic religious resources as yoga and meditation, Shamanism, Buddhism, Sufism, and Kabbalah. Véronique Altglas shows that these trends inform us about how religious resources are disseminated globally, as well as how the self is constructed in society. She uses two case
studies: the Hindu-based movements in France and Britain that started in the 1970s, and the Kabbalah Centre in France, Britain, Brazil, and Israel. She draws upon major qualitative and cross-cultural empirical investigations to conceptualize religious exoticism and offer a nuanced and original
understanding of its contemporary significance. From Yoga to Kabbalah broadens scholarly understanding of the globalization of religion, how religions are modified through cultural encounters, and of religious life in neoliberal societies.
Author: Veronique Altglas
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 06/01/2014
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780199997633
popularization of such exotic religious resources as yoga and meditation, Shamanism, Buddhism, Sufism, and Kabbalah. Véronique Altglas shows that these trends inform us about how religious resources are disseminated globally, as well as how the self is constructed in society. She uses two case
studies: the Hindu-based movements in France and Britain that started in the 1970s, and the Kabbalah Centre in France, Britain, Brazil, and Israel. She draws upon major qualitative and cross-cultural empirical investigations to conceptualize religious exoticism and offer a nuanced and original
understanding of its contemporary significance. From Yoga to Kabbalah broadens scholarly understanding of the globalization of religion, how religions are modified through cultural encounters, and of religious life in neoliberal societies.
Author: Veronique Altglas
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 06/01/2014
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780199997633
About the Author
Véronique Altglas is Lecturer in Sociology at Queen's University Belfast. She has conducted research on the transnational expansion of neo-Hindu movements and the Kabbalah Centre, the management of minority religions in France and Britain, and anti-Semitism.
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