Hermes in the academy : ten years' study of western esotericism at the University of Amsterdam / Wouter J. Hanegraaff and Joyce Pijnenburg, eds.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanegraaff, Wouter J., editor.

Pijnenburg, Joyce, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universiteit van Amsterdam. Geschiedenis van de Hermetische Filosofie en Verwante Stromingen.

Universiteit van Amsterdam.

Hermetism.

Occultism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1999 and 2009, the chair for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam succeeded in establishing itself as the most important centre for study and teaching in this domain, and strongly contributed to the establishment of Western esotericism as a recognised academic field of research. This volume was published at the occasion of the 10th anniversary. It contains a history of the creation and development of the chair, followed by articles on aspects of Western esotericism by the previous and current staff members, contributions by students and Ph.D. students about the study program, and reflections by international top specialists about the field of research and its academic development.

Contents:

Table of Contents; PREFACE; Part 1. History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents: Origins and Development; The Birth of a Chair; Ten Years of Studying and Teaching Western Esotericism; Part 2. Glimpses of Research; The Pagan Who Came from the East: George Gemistos Plethon and Platonic Orientalism; Astrologia Hermetica: Astrology, Western Culture, and the Academy; The Modernity of Occultism: Reflections on Some Crucial Aspects; Mathematical Esotericism: Some Perspectives on Renaissance Arithmology; Danish Esotericism in the 20th Century: The Case of Martinus

Part 3. Studying Western Esotericism in AmsterdamOn First Looking into the Halls of Hermeticism; An Unlikely Love Affair: Plato, the Netherlands, and Life after Westotericism; Heterology in Amsterdam: The Academy Takes the Other Out to Dinner; The Copenhagen Connection; If You Seek; Part 4. Western Esotericism in International Perspective; From "the Hermetic Tradition" to "Western Esotericism"; From Paris to Amsterdam and Beyond: Origins and Development of a Collaboration; Western Esotericism in the United Kingdom

From Talk about Esotericism to Esotericism Research: Remarks on the Prehistory and Development of a Research GroupSeven Epistemological Theses on Esotericism: Upon the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Amsterdam Chair; Hermes and his Students in Amsterdam; CONTRIBUTORS; REGISTER

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-69730-5

1-04-078968-4

1-282-40199-8

9786612401992

90-485-1059-7

9781003697305

OCLC:

488594223