The Rose Cross And The Age of Reason

Christopher McIntosh

Edité par E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1992

Eighteenth-Century Rosicrucianism in Central Europe and its Relationship to the Enlightenment.

?The Rose Cross deals with the interaction between two movements of thought in eighteenth-century the philosophy of the Enlightenment, and the complex of ideas known as Rosicrucian. Dating from the early seventeenth century and drawing on Pietism, Freemasonry, Kabbalah and alchemy, the Rosicrucianism movement enjoyed a revival in Germany during the eighteenth century. Historians have often depicted this neo-Rosicrucianism as a Counter-Enlightenment force. Dr. McIntosh argues rather that it was part of a "third force", which allied itself sometimes with the Enlightenment, sometimes with the Counter-Enlightenment. This book is the first in-depth, comprehensive study of the German Rosicrucian revival and in particular of the order known as the Golden and Rosy Cross (Gold und Rosenkreuz). Drawing on hitherto unpublished material, Dr. McIntosh shows how the order exerted a significant influence on the cultural, political and religious life of its age.?

Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 200pp + illustrations to the rear. Original burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, slight fading to the jacket, text clean. An excellent copy. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1776159991050

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Titre : The Rose Cross And The Age of Reason
Éditeur : E. J. Brill, Leiden
Date d'édition : 1992
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Bon
Etat de la jaquette : Assez bon
Edition : Edition originale