Imagining the East: the early Theosophical Society
The essays in 'Imagining the East' explore how Theosophists during the formative period imagined the religions and cultures of the East. The authors examine the relationship of such representations to orientalism, the history of ideas, politics and culture at large and discuss how these es...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford studies in Western esotericism
Oxford scholarship online |
| Further subjects: | B
Theosophical Society (Chennai, India)
B Theosophy ; History B Theosophy History |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780190853884 |
| Summary: | The essays in 'Imagining the East' explore how Theosophists during the formative period imagined the religions and cultures of the East. The authors examine the relationship of such representations to orientalism, the history of ideas, politics and culture at large and discuss how these esoteric or theosophical representations mirrored conditions and values current in nineteenth-century mainstream intellectual culture. |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2020. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 11, 2021) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 384 pages). |
| ISBN: | 0190853913 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190853884.001.0001 |