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Locations of Knowledge in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Esoteric Discourse and Western Identities - Couverture rigide

Stuckrad, Kocku Von

 
9789004184220: Locations of Knowledge in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Esoteric Discourse and Western Identities
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9004184228 ISBN 13 : 9789004184220
Editeur : Brill, 2010

Synopsis

One characteristic of European history of religion is a two-fold pluralism--a pluralism of religious identities on the one hand, and a pluralism of various societal systems that interact with religious systems on the other. Addressing discourses of perfect knowledge in Western culture between 1200 and 1800, this book integrates the study of Western esotericism in a larger analytical framework of European history of religion. Viewed from a structuralist perspective, 'esoteric discourse' provides an analytical framework that helps to reveal genealogies of modern identities in a pluralistic competition of knowledge. Experiential philosophy, kabbalah, astrology, Hermeticism, philology, and early modern science are linked to knowledge claims that shaped the way in which Western culture defined itself.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kocku von Stuckrad, Ph.D. (1999) in the Academic Study of Religion, University of Bremen, is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Groningen. He has published extensively on European history of religion, esotericism, shamanism, and astrology.

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004184228
ISBN 13 
9789004184220
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
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