Transgressing boundaries: social reform, theology, and the demarcations between science and religion
This editorial argues for a methodological move away from dichotomous constellations toward a concept of entangled history. Although the study of esotericism seeks to highlight the cultural importance of its subject, its leading approaches are reiterating the very polemical dichotomies that led to i...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado: |
2016
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| En: |
Aries
Año: 2016, Volumen: 16, Número: 1, Páginas: 1-11 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Reforma social
/ Religión
/ Ciencia
/ Esotérica
/ Historiografía
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AA Ciencias de la religión AD Sociología de la religión AZ Nueva religión ZB Sociología ZC Política general |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Esotericism
religion
science
politics
entangled history
global history
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| Acceso en línea: |
Volltext (Publisher) |
| Rights Information: | InC 1.0 |
| Sumario: | This editorial argues for a methodological move away from dichotomous constellations toward a concept of entangled history. Although the study of esotericism seeks to highlight the cultural importance of its subject, its leading approaches are reiterating the very polemical dichotomies that led to its marginalization. This can be seen as the grand paradox of the study of esotericism. Therefore it is necessary to transgress both disciplinary and geographical boundaries and understand “esotericism” as a deeply entangled element of complex global discourses about “religion,” “science,” and “politics.” This opens up new opportunities for the study of esotericism to not only better comprehend the emergence of “esotericism” as an integral part of “Western” culture, but also to contribute to an understanding of the emergence of “Western” identity in general. |
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| Descripción Física: | 11 |
| ISSN: | 1570-0593 |
| Obras secundarias: | In: Aries
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700593-01601001 |
