UID:
almahu_9949701740202882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789047431510
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2007
Content:
In its historical development from late antiquity to the present, western esotericism has repeatedly been the issue of polemical discourse. This volume engages the polemical structures that underlie both the identities within and the controversy about esoteric currents in European history. From Jewish and Christian kabbalah through heretical discourse and interconfessional polemics in early modernity to the legitimization of esoteric identity in modern culture, the 12 chapters, accompanied by an editors' introduction, provide a cornucopia of relevant cases that are interpreted in a framework of polemical discourse and 'Othering'. This volume sheds new light on the ultimately polemical structure of western esotericism and thus opens new vistas for further research into esoteric discourse.
Note:
Preliminary Material /
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Introduction. Western Esotericism And Polemics --
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Christian Kabbalah And Anti-Jewish Polemics: Pico In Context /
,
Christian Orthodoxy And Jewish Kabbalah: Russian Mystics In The Search For Perennial Wisdom /
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Adorno'S Kabbalah: Some Preliminary Observations /
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\'Authorized Guardians\': The Polemics Of Academic Scholars Of Jewish Mysticism Against Kabbalah Practitioners /
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The Trouble With Images: Anti-Image Polemics And Western Esotericism /
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Between Heresy And Orthodoxy: Alchemy And Piety In Late Sixteenth-Century Germany /
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Between Theosophy And Orthodox Christianity: Johann Salomo Semler'S Hermetic Religion /
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The Masonic Necromancer: Shifting Identities In The Lives Of Johann Georg Schrepfer /
,
René Guénon And The Traditionalist Polemic /
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Contested Diviners: Verbal Battles Between Dowsers And Skeptics /
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Seeking Ancient Wisdom In The New Age: New Age And Neognostic Commentaries On The Gospel Of Thomas /
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United In Diversity, Divided From Within: The Dynamics Of Legitimation In Contemporary Witchcraft /
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Notes On Contributors /
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Index /
Additional Edition:
Polemical encounters ISBN 9789004162570 (hardback : alk. paper)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004162577 (hardback : alk. paper)
Language:
English
Keywords:
Aufsatzsammlung.
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