Esotericism in Western Culture | Buch

Cover: 9781350459687 | Esotericism in Western Culture | Wouter J. Hanegraaff | Buch | 2025

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This accessible introduction by the world's leading expert explains why the study of esotericism is not a marginal pursuit but belongs at the center of modern research in the humanities. Reflecting updates in the field since the foundational publication Western Esotericism: A Guide for the Perplexed(2013), Wouter J. Hanegraaff demonstrates that the exclusion of "rejected knowledge" from normative accounts of Western civilization is the reflection of a narrow Eurocentric ideology that became the template for discrediting and ultimately destroying so-called "primitive" cultures associated with "superstition" and "pagan idolatry" during the global colonial age.

Rejecting this "rejection of rejected knowledge" means restoring the suppressed to its legitimate place in history and cultural analysis. Through this approach, Wouter J. Hanegraaff depicts a radically inclusive vision of the Greater West and its forgotten histories, from pagan antiquity through Jewish, Christian, and Islamic cultures up to secular modernity and beyond.

Über den Autor

Wouter J. Hanegraaff is Professor of History of
Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam, the
Netherlands, and President of the European Society for the Study of Western
Esotericism.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1 What do we mean by Esotericism?
2 A Short History of Rejected Knowledge
3 Internal Eurocentrism
4 Worldviews
5 Knowledge
6 Practice
7 Modernization
8 Esoteric Transdisciplinarity
9 The Importance of Esotericism

Appendix 1: Glossary of Technical Terms
Appendix 2: Sources and Resources

Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Subjects

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Genre:	Importe , Religion & Theologie
Religion:	Nichtchristliche Religionen
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
ISBN-13:	9781350459687
ISBN-10:	1350459682
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Hanegraaff, Wouter J.
Auflage:	2. Auflage
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Academic
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	240 x 161 x 23 mm
Von/Mit:	Wouter J. Hanegraaff
Erscheinungsdatum:	29.05.2025
Gewicht:	0,684 kg