Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface: History, Body, Culture ix
4. Part I. Rethinking the Mahatma
5. Chapter 1. Gandhi’s Body, Gandhi’s Truth 3
6. Chapter 2. The Ethereal Politics of the Mahatmas Fasts 28
7. Part II. Nationalism, Transnationalism, and the Embodied Self
8. Chapter 3. Nature Cure and Yoga 55
9. Chapter 4. Surya Namaskar-Salute to Village Democracy 83
10. Chapter 5. Somatic Nationalism 113
11. Conclusion: Post-Gandhian Somatics 146
12. Glossary 155
13. Notes 159
14. References 173
15. Index 189
16. Acknowledgments 205