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The Resource Locations of knowledge in medieval and early modern Europe : esoteric discourse and Western identities, by Kocku von Stuckrad, (electronic resource)

Locations of knowledge in medieval and early modern Europe : esoteric discourse and Western identities, by Kocku von Stuckrad, (electronic resource)

Work
Publication
Extent
xiii, 240 pages
Contents
  • Esoteric discourse and the European history of religion
  • Europe and the Christendom narrative
  • From singularization to pluralism
  • The secularization theory revisited
  • Christian Occident?
  • The two-fold pluralism
  • The polemical construction of tradition
  • The construction of Prisca Theologia
  • Genealogies of wisdom
  • Jewish perspectives
  • Beyond tradition
  • Conceptualizing the study of esoteric discourse
  • Approaches to esotericism
  • Secrecy as social capital
  • Discourses of perfect knowledge
  • Shared passions
  • The secrets of experience : wisdom beyond demonstration
  • Neoplatonism and theurgy in late antiquity
  • Experiential knowledge in Suhrawardi's illuminationist philosophy
  • The secrets of texts : esoteric hermeneutics
  • The readability of the cosmos : Europe's obsession with words
  • The textile of the divine in early Kabbalah
  • Linguistic ontologies in Christian Kabbalah
  • Humanistic philology : universal languages and the quest for the Ursprache
  • The secrets of time : astrology and sacred history
  • Critical response to ancient traditions : medieval Arabic astrology
  • Sharing Muslim knowledge : Christian astrology
  • Interferences
  • Scientific encounters
  • "Occult sciences" : the science-religion divide revisited
  • John Dee : a scholar gone mad?
  • Natural philosophy in an apocalyptic age
  • Visual seductions
  • The problem of "Renaissance paganism"
  • Image acts and visual culture
  • The presence of images as visual practice
  • Political consideration
  • Johann Heinrich Alsted : hermeticism and universal reform
  • Perfect knowledge in the "circle of learning" : Alsted's encyclopaedia
  • Conclusion: locations of knowledge
  • Writing histories, narrating pasts
  • Esoteric discourse and Western identities
Isbn
9789004184237
Link
http://ezproxy.eui.eu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004184220.i-240
Instance
Label
Locations of knowledge in medieval and early modern Europe : esoteric discourse and Western identities
Title
Locations of knowledge in medieval and early modern Europe
Title remainder
esoteric discourse and Western identities
Statement of responsibility
by Kocku von Stuckrad
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Member of
Cataloging source
IT-FiEUI
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1966-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Stuckrad, Kocku von
Dewey number
130.94
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
  • Brill's studies in intellectual history,
  • Brill E-Books
Series volume
v. 186
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Occultism
  • Discourse analysis
  • Occultism
  • Group identity
  • Cultural pluralism
  • Social change
  • Europe
  • Europe
  • Europe
  • Europe
Label
Locations of knowledge in medieval and early modern Europe : esoteric discourse and Western identities, by Kocku von Stuckrad, (electronic resource)
Link
http://ezproxy.eui.eu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004184220.i-240
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Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
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cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
Esoteric discourse and the European history of religion -- Europe and the Christendom narrative -- From singularization to pluralism -- The secularization theory revisited -- Christian Occident? -- The two-fold pluralism -- The polemical construction of tradition -- The construction of Prisca Theologia -- Genealogies of wisdom -- Jewish perspectives -- Beyond tradition -- Conceptualizing the study of esoteric discourse -- Approaches to esotericism -- Secrecy as social capital -- Discourses of perfect knowledge -- Shared passions -- The secrets of experience : wisdom beyond demonstration -- Neoplatonism and theurgy in late antiquity -- Experiential knowledge in Suhrawardi's illuminationist philosophy -- The secrets of texts : esoteric hermeneutics -- The readability of the cosmos : Europe's obsession with words -- The textile of the divine in early Kabbalah -- Linguistic ontologies in Christian Kabbalah -- Humanistic philology : universal languages and the quest for the Ursprache -- The secrets of time : astrology and sacred history -- Critical response to ancient traditions : medieval Arabic astrology -- Sharing Muslim knowledge : Christian astrology -- Interferences -- Scientific encounters -- "Occult sciences" : the science-religion divide revisited -- John Dee : a scholar gone mad? -- Natural philosophy in an apocalyptic age -- Visual seductions -- The problem of "Renaissance paganism" -- Image acts and visual culture -- The presence of images as visual practice -- Political consideration -- Johann Heinrich Alsted : hermeticism and universal reform -- Perfect knowledge in the "circle of learning" : Alsted's encyclopaedia -- Conclusion: locations of knowledge -- Writing histories, narrating pasts -- Esoteric discourse and Western identities
Control code
BRILL10.1163/ej.9789004184220.i-240
Dimensions
25 cm.
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
xiii, 240 pages
File format
unknown
Form of item
electronic
Governing access note
  • Available to subscribing member institutions only
  • Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9789004184237
Lccn
2010001511
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia.
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unknown
Reformatting quality
access
Specific material designation
remote
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(OCoLC)667292798
Label
Locations of knowledge in medieval and early modern Europe : esoteric discourse and Western identities, by Kocku von Stuckrad, (electronic resource)
Link
http://ezproxy.eui.eu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004184220.i-240
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
Esoteric discourse and the European history of religion -- Europe and the Christendom narrative -- From singularization to pluralism -- The secularization theory revisited -- Christian Occident? -- The two-fold pluralism -- The polemical construction of tradition -- The construction of Prisca Theologia -- Genealogies of wisdom -- Jewish perspectives -- Beyond tradition -- Conceptualizing the study of esoteric discourse -- Approaches to esotericism -- Secrecy as social capital -- Discourses of perfect knowledge -- Shared passions -- The secrets of experience : wisdom beyond demonstration -- Neoplatonism and theurgy in late antiquity -- Experiential knowledge in Suhrawardi's illuminationist philosophy -- The secrets of texts : esoteric hermeneutics -- The readability of the cosmos : Europe's obsession with words -- The textile of the divine in early Kabbalah -- Linguistic ontologies in Christian Kabbalah -- Humanistic philology : universal languages and the quest for the Ursprache -- The secrets of time : astrology and sacred history -- Critical response to ancient traditions : medieval Arabic astrology -- Sharing Muslim knowledge : Christian astrology -- Interferences -- Scientific encounters -- "Occult sciences" : the science-religion divide revisited -- John Dee : a scholar gone mad? -- Natural philosophy in an apocalyptic age -- Visual seductions -- The problem of "Renaissance paganism" -- Image acts and visual culture -- The presence of images as visual practice -- Political consideration -- Johann Heinrich Alsted : hermeticism and universal reform -- Perfect knowledge in the "circle of learning" : Alsted's encyclopaedia -- Conclusion: locations of knowledge -- Writing histories, narrating pasts -- Esoteric discourse and Western identities
Control code
BRILL10.1163/ej.9789004184220.i-240
Dimensions
25 cm.
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
xiii, 240 pages
File format
unknown
Form of item
electronic
Governing access note
  • Available to subscribing member institutions only
  • Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9789004184237
Lccn
2010001511
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
c
Quality assurance targets
unknown
Reformatting quality
access
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)667292798

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