Constructions of mysticism as a universal: roots and interactions across borders
This volume charts the fascinating history of the multiple roots and interactions which underlie the modern popular understanding of mysticism as a universal phenomenon across epochs and cultures. In an unprecedentedly broad interdisciplinary exchange, international scholars from different disciplin...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiesbaden
Harrassowitz Verlag
2021
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Studies in oriental religions (Volume 71)
Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in oriental religions
Volume 71 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mysticism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AZ New religious movements |
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Comparative Studies
B Collection of essays B Cross-cultural studies B Mysticism Comparative studies B Mysticisme - Histoire B Mysticism B Mysticism Cross-cultural studies B Mysticism History B Conference program 2013 (Münster) B Mysticisme - Études comparatives B History B Mysticisme - Études transculturelles |
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| Summary: | This volume charts the fascinating history of the multiple roots and interactions which underlie the modern popular understanding of mysticism as a universal phenomenon across epochs and cultures. In an unprecedentedly broad interdisciplinary exchange, international scholars from different disciplines critically examine the concept and mental maps of the term 'mysticism' which enjoyed a central role in classical theories of religion, as developed in fields like psychology, sociology, history or phenomenology. However, mysticism lost its prominence after the controversial debates in the second half of the twentieth century about whether mystical experience should be considered universal or socio-culturally constructed. After four decades of silence, this volume ventures a stimulatingly novel approach to mysticism as a universal, transcultural category from the perspective of the cultural studies of religion. This includes the question of how a European concept fraught with Christian notions was transferred to non-European cultures and secular contexts, and thereby attained new meanings and functions in daily life. Fresh insights are gained by examining three major areas: a) mysticism's potential for boundary crossing in earlier centuries of European history; b) the history of mysticism research in context--from the mysticism boom at the fin de siècle and early twentieth century to its renewed attractiveness in American counterculture and the psychedelic movement to its trans-formation into postmodern spirituality; and c) universal mysticism's absorption of Eastern religions (notably Buddhism, Hindu traditions, and Daoism) as well as Asian insiders' self-conceptions |
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| Item Description: | This volume assembles the proceedings of the international conference "Constructions of Mysticism: Inventions and Interactions across the Borders" (December 2013), enriched by additional articles which add to the "roundness" and balance of the volume. - Acknowledgements |
| ISBN: | 3447107855 |