Fra fratellanza universale e nazionalismo La Teosofia di fronte alla Prima guerra mondiale
In the context of minority religious movements of the contemporary age, the present work aims to reconstruct the positions and the vicissitudes of Italian Theosophy in front of the First World War. Part of an international esoteric movement little known and studied in Italy, Theosophy expressed a pe...
| Subtitles: | Among universal brotherhood and nationalism. Theosophy in front of the First World War |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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Morcelliana
2016
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Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2016, Volume: 82, Issue: 1, Pages: 263-296 |
| Further subjects: | B
Esotericism
B Nationalism B Prima guerra mondiale B Religion B World War I B Nazionalismo B History B Teosofia B Brotherliness B Theosophy doctrines B Theosophy B Twentieth Century B History of nationalism B First World War B Esoterismo B Universal Brotherhood B fratellanza universale |
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| Summary: | In the context of minority religious movements of the contemporary age, the present work aims to reconstruct the positions and the vicissitudes of Italian Theosophy in front of the First World War. Part of an international esoteric movement little known and studied in Italy, Theosophy expressed a peculiar position towards the conflict, fluctuating between adherence to his universalistic principles and full and unconditional embrace of the national cause. For accounting for a similar ambivalence, first steps were taken to provide a summary presentation of the debate on esotericism and its main branches in Italy. Then were considered the main ideological and organizational references of "Divine Wisdom". Finally, relying on the periodicals of the two Italian organizations theosophical orientation, the essay aimed to reconstruct the ambiguous attitude to the Great War, where the interventionist and irredentist choice mingled appeal to human brotherhood proclaimed in the writings of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and internationalism of the Theosophical Society. The continued conflict and the exacerbation of party spirit produced the emergence in the Italian Theosophy of racist anti-German feeling, as well as references to a violent mystique of war, particularly in the climate of nationalistic fervor in the aftermath of Caporetto. The approach of the victorious end of the Great War and the proclamation of the fourteen points of Wilson led back, however, to recall the universalistic values abandoned in the harshest contingencies of confrontation, leaving, however, a legacy ideally divided between a democratic inspiration component and an authoritarian tendencies, yet to be investigated. (English) |
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| ISSN: | 2611-8742 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
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