Polemical encounters : esoteric discourse and its others / edited by Olav Hammer and Kocku von Stuckrad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hammer, Olav.

Stuckrad, Kocku von, 1966-

Series:

Aries book series ; v. 6.

Aries book series, 1871-1405 ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Occultism--History.

Occultism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In its historical development from late antiquity to the present, western esotericism has repeatedly been the issue of polemical discourse. This volume engages the polemical structures that underlie both the identities within and the controversy about esoteric currents in European history. From Jewish and Christian kabbalah through heretical discourse and interconfessional polemics in early modernity to the legitimization of esoteric identity in modern culture, the 12 chapters, accompanied by an editors’ introduction, provide a cornucopia of relevant cases that are interpreted in a framework of polemical discourse and ‘Othering’. This volume sheds new light on the ultimately polemical structure of western esotericism and thus opens new vistas for further research into esoteric discourse.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / O. Hammer and C.K.M. Von Stuckrad

Introduction. Western Esotericism And Polemics

Christian Kabbalah And Anti-Jewish Polemics: Pico In Context / Kocku Von Stuckrad

Christian Orthodoxy And Jewish Kabbalah: Russian Mystics In The Search For Perennial Wisdom / Konstantin Burmistrov

Adorno’S Kabbalah: Some Preliminary Observations / Steven M. Wasserstrom

\'Authorized Guardians\': The Polemics Of Academic Scholars Of Jewish Mysticism Against Kabbalah Practitioners / Boaz Huss

The Trouble With Images: Anti-Image Polemics And Western Esotericism / Wouter J. Hanegraaff

Between Heresy And Orthodoxy: Alchemy And Piety In Late Sixteenth-Century Germany / Hanns-Peter Neumann

Between Theosophy And Orthodox Christianity: Johann Salomo Semler’S Hermetic Religion / Peter Hanns Reill

The Masonic Necromancer: Shifting Identities In The Lives Of Johann Georg Schrepfer / Renko Geffarth

René Guénon And The Traditionalist Polemic / Brannon Ingram

Contested Diviners: Verbal Battles Between Dowsers And Skeptics / Olav Hammer

Seeking Ancient Wisdom In The New Age: New Age And Neognostic Commentaries On The Gospel Of Thomas / Dylan Burns

United In Diversity, Divided From Within: The Dynamics Of Legitimation In Contemporary Witchcraft / Titus Hjelm

Notes On Contributors / O. Hammer and C.K.M. Von Stuckrad

Index / O. Hammer and C.K.M. Von Stuckrad.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39769-9

9786612397691

90-474-3151-0

OCLC:

592756287

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004162570.i-326 DOI