عنوان

Discourse Theory and Enlightenment

شماره

LA108342

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Discourse Theory and Enlightenment

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Friedemann Stengel

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Narratives about esotericism, science, and social movements, which were originally inherently linked, overlapping, and closely interrelated, have been rigorously separated by historiographies since the 19th century. The example of the Wuerttembergian theologian Gustav Werner and the constellation of Swedenborg-Kant-Oetinger can demonstrate how allegedly superstitious or premodern doctrines and doctrinal elements have been excluded especially from those narratives that invoke the Enlightenment. "Enlightenment" is usually employed as a normatively charged perspective that determines the approach to the historical material, adjusts this material to a "modern" agenda, and sorts it according to a supposedly "scientifically" accepted worldview. The procedures of exclusion that underlay such a process can be explained by the discourse theory of Michel Foucault-with the surprising finding that Foucault's approach is itself indebted to the Enlightenment impulse of Immanuel Kant. This discourse theoretical approach inspired by Foucault and Kant will be examined with regard to the constellation Swedenborg-Kant-Oetinger. It will be concluded that perspectives from postcolonial studies, especially by Homi K. Bhabha, can be advanced to provide even more precise insights into the discursive negotiatory procedures and receptional relationships between allegedly radically opposed doctrines and individuals. In this manner an Enlightened theory can be applied to the historical contexts of Enlightenment themselves. Narratives about esotericism, science, and social movements, which were originally inherently linked, overlapping, and closely interrelated, have been rigorously separated by historiographies since the 19th century. The example of the Wuerttembergian theologian Gustav Werner and the constellation of Swedenborg-Kant-Oetinger can demonstrate how allegedly superstitious or premodern doctrines and doctrinal elements have been excluded especially from those narratives that invoke the Enlightenment. "Enlightenment" is usually employed as a normatively charged perspective that determines the approach to the historical material, adjusts this material to a "modern" agenda, and sorts it according to a supposedly "scientifically" accepted worldview. The procedures of exclusion that underlay such a process can be explained by the discourse theory of Michel Foucault-with the surprising finding that Foucault's approach is itself indebted to the Enlightenment impulse of Immanuel Kant. This discourse theoretical approach inspired by Foucault and Kant will be examined with regard to the constellation Swedenborg-Kant-Oetinger. It will be concluded that perspectives from postcolonial studies, especially by Homi K. Bhabha, can be advanced to provide even more precise insights into the discursive negotiatory procedures and receptional relationships between allegedly radically opposed doctrines and individuals. In this manner an Enlightened theory can be applied to the historical contexts of Enlightenment themselves.

تاريخ نشر

2016

توصيف ظاهري

49-85

عنوان

Aries

شماره جلد

16/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1570-0593

اصطلاح موضوعی

Bhabha

اصطلاح موضوعی

discourse theory

اصطلاح موضوعی

Enlightenment

اصطلاح موضوعی

Foucault

اصطلاح موضوعی

Kant

اصطلاح موضوعی

Oetinger

اصطلاح موضوعی

postcolonial studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Swedenborg

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Friedemann Stengel

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15700593-01601003

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y