Against the modern world : traditionalism and the secret intellectual history of the twentieth century / Mark Sedgwick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sedgwick, Mark J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guénon, René.

Tradition (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Against the Modern World"" is the first history of Traditionalism, an influential yet surprisingly little-known twentieth century anti-modernist movement. Involving a number of important, yet often secret, religious groups in the West and Islamic world, it affected mainstream and radical politics in Europe and religious studies in the United States. Emerging from the 'discovery' in the West of non-Western religious writings, at a time in the nineteenth century when progressive intellectuals had lost faith in the ability of Christianity to deliver religious and spiritual truth, it was fueled

Contents:

Contents; List of Main Characters; Prologue; PART I: The Development of Traditionalism; 1. Traditionalism; 2. Perennialism; 3. Gnostics, Taoists, and Sufis; PART II: Traditionalism in Practice; 4. Cairo, Mostaganem, and Basel; 5. Fascism; 6. Fragmentation; PART III: Traditionalism at Large; 7. The Maryamiyya; 8. America; 9. Terror in Italy; 10. Education; PART IV: Traditionalism and the Future; 11. Europe after 1968; 12. Neo-Eurasianism in Russia; 13. The Islamic World; 14. Against the Stream; Notes; Glossary; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; J; K; M; O; P; S; U; W; Z; Interviewees; Bibliography; Index

AB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-359) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-988241-X

0-19-539601-4

0-19-803490-3

1-280-55886-5

0-19-974493-9

9786610558865

1-4237-2015-6

OCLC:

191826035