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Libra Esoterica

Esotericism and the academy

rejected knowledge in western culture

by Wouter J. Hanegraaff

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  • 21st century
  • Language: English

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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 J. 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. -- from back cover

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics, Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism, and Occultism and esotericism.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “Esotericism” in the title, “esoteric” in the description, “occult” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Esotericism”· in title
    • “esoteric”· in description
    • “occult”· in description
    • “Occultism”· in subject
    • “Esotericism”· in edition title
  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from gegnir and sudoc matched “Kabbala” and “Kabbale”. Retained metadata contains “Cabala” in the subject metadata, “Kabbala” in the subject metadata, and “Kabbale” in the subject metadata.

    • “Kabbala”· via Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue
    • “Kabbale”· via SUDOC — French university and research library union catalog
    • “Cabala”· in subject
    • “Kabbala”· in subject
    • “Kabbale”· in subject
  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Controlled discovery queries from gegnir matched “Dulhyggja”. Retained metadata contains “Dulhyggja” in the subject metadata.

    • “Dulhyggja”· via Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue
    • “Dulhyggja”· in subject

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rejected knowledge in western culture

SUDOC union-catalog record

1 vol. (X-468 p.); 24 cm; Autre tirage : 2013 (br.); Bibliogr. p. 380-447. Notes bibliogr. Index

2012Cambridge university press; Cambridge University PressEnglish
  • 9780521196215
  • 9781107680975
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sudoc:168031965
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