Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western CultureCambridge University Press, 19 ian. 2012 - 468 pagini Academics tend to look on 'esoteric', 'occult' or 'magical' beliefs with contempt, but are usually ignorant about the religious and philosophical traditions to which these terms refer, or their relevance to intellectual history. Wouter Hanegraaff tells the neglected story of how intellectuals since the Renaissance have tried to come to terms with a cluster of 'pagan' ideas from late antiquity that challenged the foundations of biblical religion and Greek rationality. Expelled from the academy on the basis of Protestant and Enlightenment polemics, these traditions have come to be perceived as the Other by which academics define their identity to the present day. Hanegraaff grounds his discussion in a meticulous study of primary and secondary sources, taking the reader on an exciting intellectual voyage from the fifteenth century to the present day and asking what implications the forgotten history of exclusion has for established textbook narratives of religion, philosophy and science. |
Cuprins
recovering ancient Wisdom | 5 |
exorcizing paganism | 77 |
imagining the occult | 153 |
entering the academy | 257 |
Frances Yates | 314 |
Restoring memory | 368 |
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
academic Agrippa alchemy ancient wisdom narrative astrology authors basic Brucker century Chaldaean chapter Christian theosophy Church Colberg concept Corbin critical culture defined definition demonic discourse discussion divine doctrine dominated Egyptian Eliade emphasized Enlightenment Ennemoser Eranos esoteric example Faivre Faivre’s Ficino field final finally find first Frances Yates Freemasonry Gemistos George Gemistos Plethon German gnosis gnostic Greek Hanegraaff Hermes Hermes Trismegistus Hermetic hermeticism historians historiography human Ibid Ihid important influence influential intellectual Jewish Jung Jung’s kabbalistic Kurze Fragen Lazzarelli Lehmann-Brauns Lodovico Lazzarelli Magi magia magic Marsilio Ficino Mircea Eliade modern Moses mysteries mystical nature Naturphilosophie neoplatonic notion occult occult sciences occultist ofthe original pagan Paracelsus Perennial Philosophy perspective Pico Pico’s Platonic Platonic Orientalism Plethon Prisca Theologia reference reflection religion religious Renaissance Roman scholars Scholem scientific secret significance sources specific spiritual Steuco Stuckrad superstition Tambrun term theology theosophy Thomasius tradition true truth Western esotericism Zoroaster