Embodied worlds
A semiotic phenomenology of Satyananda Yoga
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2267656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Persson (0000-0002-1173-4697, UNSW Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 797-815 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-0987 • E-ISSN: 1467-9655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2010.01654.x |
| OpenAlex | W1487673614 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 30 |
Phenomenological theories that posit embodied beings and their worlds as coextensive have significant parallels with cosmological tenets in schools of Indian yoga and tantra, including some of its Western adaptations. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in the Satyananda Yoga community in Australia, this article explores three theories of signification to try to grasp the complex ways body-world relations are thematized, mediated, and experienced in Satyananda Yoga practice. These include Lakoff and Johnson's ontological metaphors , Jackson's lived metaphors , and Peirce's theory of iconic and indexical signs. The article concludes that the principal idea in Peirce's semeiotic provides the most useful conceptual framework for capturing the phenomenology and cultural meanings of body-world relations in Satyananda Yoga practice. Finally, I provide some remarks on the utility and limitations of Peirce's general semeiotic as a framework for further explorations of embodied worlds. Résumé Les théories phénoménologiques postulant que les êtres incarnés et leurs mondes coexistent présentent d'importants parallèles avec les concepts cosmologiques des écoles de yoga et de tantra indiennes, y compris certaines de leurs adaptations occidentales. À partir d'un travail de terrain ethnographique dans la communauté des adeptes du yoga Satyananda en Australie, l'auteur explore trois théories de la signification afin de tenter d'appréhender les manières complexes dont les relations entre le corps et le monde sont thématisées, transmises et perçues dans la pratique du yoga Satyananda. Ces approches comprennent les métaphores ontologiques de Lakoff et Johnson, les métaphores vécues de Jackson et la théorie des signes iconiques et indexiques de Peirce. L'auteur conclut que l'idée principale de la séméiotique de Peirce constitue le cadre conceptuel le plus utile pour saisir la phénoménologie et les significations culturelles des relations entre corps et monde dans la pratique du yoga Satyananda. Pour finir, elle fait quelques remarques sur l'utilité et les limites de la séméiotique générale de Peirce comme cadre de nouvelles explorations des mondes incarnés
Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Ethnography · Humanities · Indexicality · Phenomenology (philosophy · Semiotics · Sociology · Tantra · Theology · Anthropology · Empathy and Medical Education · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Social Representations and Identity
Yoga
Being in the World
Man's glassy essence
Types of Mind and Body
Different Bodies, Different Minds
Paths toward a clearing
Modernity at large
Fluid Signs
Models and Metaphors
Things As They Are
The Body in the Mind
Subtle transformations
Troubles with trichotomies
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things
After Method
The Interpretation of Cultures
Culture and self
Shamans, mystics and doctors
Toward a semiotics of practice
Between East and West
Yoga and the Hindu Tradition
Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors
The Body as a Medium of Expression
Genre and Embodiment
Intimate immensity
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2021 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |