{"product_id":"fascist-yoga-grifters-occultists-white-supremacists-and-the-new-order-in-wellness","title":"Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order in Wellness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOUR BEST-REVIEWED BOOK OF THE YEAR! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eNamaste, fascists! An original and entertaining analysis of the dubious origins of the Western middle class's favourite postural exercis\u003c\/i\u003ee\" - The Times \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eA hilarious grenade thrown at platitudes \u0026amp; the knit-your-own yoghurt brigade. Home lifts the magic carpet to reveal the tasteless chicanery.\u003c\/i\u003e\" - The Scotsman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Western yoga existed in uncomfortably close proximity to various strands of extreme right-wing thought ... [Home's] writing about yoga is intended less as an academic study than as an attempt to educate practitioners about the influence of fascism on their culture\" - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e serious treatise on a zeitgeisty topic. To the man who may be Britain's most avant-garde writer and artist, yoga is a swindle that dupes the well-meaning middle classes. It's also a breeding ground for fascists. It isn't even particularly good for you\u003c\/i\u003e.\" - The Telegraph\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA riveting work for readers interested in yoga and right-wing movements\u003c\/i\u003e.\" - Library Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eFascist Yoga\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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 and brainwashed followers to TV celebrities and fake gurus, the story of yoga has involved some of the strangest currents of humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this new exposé, Stewart Home shows that nothing is sacred. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStewart Home\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eArt School Orgy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShe's My Witch\u003c\/i\u003e. He regularly performs to audiences across the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0745351123\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780745351124\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Home, Stewart\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Jul 2025)","offer_id":46080921370821,"sku":"9780745351124","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780745351124.jpg?v=1776041690","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/fascist-yoga-grifters-occultists-white-supremacists-and-the-new-order-in-wellness","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}