Ancient Esotericism, Problematic Assumptions, and Conceptual Trouble
نام عام مواد
[Article]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Kocku von Stuckrad
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
The article critiques the idea that what scholars today call "Western esotericism" emerged only after the "Renaissance". It argues that for an understanding of the complex dynamics that have shaped the construction of esoteric knowledge and counter-knowledge, the ancient world is crucial in two ways: First, ancient cultures provide a rich spectrum of polemical discourses of knowledge in philosophy and religion, most of them prefiguring the discursive constellations of subsequent centuries. Second, the ancient world is a huge imaginal space that has influenced identities of nineteenth- and twentieth-century authors, including leading theorists of mysticism, secrecy, and esotericism The article critiques the idea that what scholars today call "Western esotericism" emerged only after the "Renaissance". It argues that for an understanding of the complex dynamics that have shaped the construction of esoteric knowledge and counter-knowledge, the ancient world is crucial in two ways: First, ancient cultures provide a rich spectrum of polemical discourses of knowledge in philosophy and religion, most of them prefiguring the discursive constellations of subsequent centuries. Second, the ancient world is a huge imaginal space that has influenced identities of nineteenth- and twentieth-century authors, including leading theorists of mysticism, secrecy, and esotericism
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2015
توصيف ظاهري
16-20
عنوان
Aries
شماره جلد
15/1
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1570-0593
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
antiquity
اصطلاح موضوعی
esotericism
اصطلاح موضوعی
Renaissance
اصطلاح موضوعی
theory and method
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