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Locations of Knowledge in Medieval and Early Modern Europe:Esoteric Discourse and Western Identities (Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History)

By Kocku Von Stuckrad

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2010
ISBN
9789004184220
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8443710 bytes)
Pages
253\253
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Addressing discourses of perfect knowledge in Western culture between 1200 and 1800, this book integrates the study of Western esotericism in a larger analytical framework of European history of religion. Title......Page 3 Copyright......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Preface......Page 9 Part 1......Page 15 Introduction......Page 17 Europe and the Christendom Narrative......Page 21 The Polemical Construction of Tradition......Page 39 Conceptualizing the Study of Esoteric Discourse......Page 57 Part 2......Page 78 Introduction......Page 80 The Secrets of Experience......Page 84 The Secrets of Texts: Esoteric Hermeneutics......Page 102 The Secrets of Time: Astrology and Sacred History......Page 128 Part 3......Page 148 Introduction......Page 150 Scientific Encounters......Page 152 Visual Seductions......Page 170 Political Consideration......Page 188 Conclusion: Locations of Knowledge......Page 208 Bibliography......Page 218 Index......Page 246

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