Contemporary Esotericism (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Asprem, Egil; Granholm, Kennet

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Contemporary Esotericism provides a broad overview and assessment of the complex world of Western esoteric thought today. Combining historiographical analysis with theories and methodologies from the social sciences, the volume explores new problems and offers new possibilities for the study of esoterica.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317543572
• Artikelnr.: 41506354

Autorenporträt

Egil Asprem, Kennet Granholm

Inhaltsangabe

1. Contemporary Esotericism: Introduction
Egil Asprem
University of Amsterdam
& Kennet Granholm
Stockholm University PART I: TRADITION 2. Constructing Esotericisms: Sociological
Historical
and Critical Approaches to the Invention of Tradition
Egil Asprem & Kennet Granholm 3. Inventing Africa: Esotericism and the Creation of an Afrocentric Tradition in America
Fredrik Gregorius
Pennsylvania State University 4. Secret Lineages and De Facto Satanists: Anton LaVey's Use of Esoteric Tradition
Per Faxneld. Stockholm University 5. Perennialism and Iconoclasm: Chaos Magick and the Legitimacy of Innovation
Colin Duggan
University College Cork PART II: POPULAR CULTURE AND NEW MEDIA 6. Occulture is Ordinary
Christopher Partridge
Lancaster University 7. From Book to Bit: Enacting Satanism Online
Jesper Aagaard Petersen
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim 8. Accessing the Astral with a Monitor and Mouse: Esoteric Religion and the Astral located in Three-Dimensional Virtual Realms
John L. Crow
Florida State University 9. The Secrets of Scientology: Concealment
Information Control
and Esoteric Knowledge in the World's Most Controversial New Religion
Hugh B. Urban
Ohio State University 10. Hidden Knowledge
Hidden Powers: Esotericism and Conspiracy Culture
Asbjorn Dyrendal
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim PART III: ESOTERIC TRANSFERS 11. Discursive Transfers and Reconfigurations: Tracing the Religious and the Esoteric in Secular Culture
Kocku von Stuckrad
University of Groningen 12. Radical Politics and Political Esotericism: The Adaptation of Esoteric Discourse within the Radical Right
Jacob Christiansen Senholt
Aarhus University 13. New Age Spirituality and Islamic Jihad: Paulo Coelho's Manual of the Warrior of Light and Shamil Basayev's Manual of the Mujahid
Eduard ten Houten
University of Amsterdam 14. Deep Ecology and the Study of Western Esotericism
Joseph Christian Greer
San Francisco Corvid College PART IV: LEAVING THE MARGINS 15. The Secular
the Post-Secular
and the Esoteric in the Public Sphere
Kennet Granholm 16. Psychic Enchantments of the Educated Classes: The Paranormal and the Ambiguities of Disenchantment
Egil Asprem 17. The New Kids: Indigo Children and New Age Discourse
Daniel Kline
University of Amsterdam 18. A Small Town Health Centre in Sweden: Perspectives on the Western Esotericism Debate
Liselotte Frisk
Dalarna University 19. Entheogenic Esotericism
Wouter J. Hanegraaff
University of Amsterdam 20. A Deliciously Troubling Duo: Gender and Esotericism
Jay Johnston
University of Sydney Bibliography Index