Franz Winter
Biographic Data
| ID | 3890892 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Franz Winter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Franz |
| FAMILY NAME | Winter |
| SIGNATURE | WINTER F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9115-9759 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Preface to the Special Issue “Euro-American Esoteric Perspectives on East Asia”
Katharina Limacher . 2021. Doing mandir, doing kōvil. Eine empirische Rekonstruktion hinduistischer Tempelpraktiken in der Schweiz und in Österreich . Religionen aktuell 32. Baden-Baden: Nomos. 350 Se…
Appropriating the Dao: The Euro-American Esoteric Reception of China
Assembling original contributions, this book is a pioneering attempt to address the Euro-American esoteric reception and appropriation of China. Positioned between eighteenth-century’s mesmerism and intersections with the modern martial arts current, the contributions specifically centre on nineteenth and early twentieth-century occult appraisals and representations. This book opens up an under-explored area of research in the field of East–West …
An Alternative View on Chinese Cultural and Religious History: Esoteric Readings of the Mythical Figure of Fuxi
The cultural hero Fúxī 伏羲 is a well-known and important figure in the Chinese mytho-historiography, particularly due to his close relation to the seminal divination manual Yìjīng 易經 (Classic of Changes). Starting with the information provided in the early Jesuit reports and compilations on Chinese history, he became well known as the first “king” of Chinese history in the European perception of the history of China. From the nineteenth to the ear…
Euro-American Esoteric Readings of East Asia: Introductory Remarks
This article introduces the special issue “Euro-American Esoteric Readings of East Asia.” First, the genesis of the special issue is explained, after which working definitions of the key terminology are given, namely, “East Asia,” “Euro-American,” “Western,” and “esotericism.” Next, the rationale of the special issue as well as short synopses of its five contributions are presented. The article argues that esoteric readings of things East Asia ha…
Introducing “the Heavenly Empire of China” (le Céleste Empire de la Chine): China versus India in the Quest for an Ancient Model Society in Joseph Alexandre Saint-Yves d’Alveydre
Joseph Alexandre Saint-Yves d’Alveydre (1842–1909) is an eminent figure in the history of French esotericism who introduced a specific view on the history of humankind that evolves around various cycles of civilizations and their supposed remains in important cultural and religious traditions of the world. Although India obviously plays the most important role, a thorough study of his interest in China and its heritage clearly shows that in some …
The Occult Nineteenth Century: Roots, Developments, and Impact on the Modern World
Japanese New Religious Movements: An Introduction
Handbook of East Asian New Religious Movements
This Handbook has won the ICAS Edited Volume Accolade 2019. Brill warmly congratulates editors Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter and their authors with this award. * A vibrant cauldron of new religious developments, East Asia (China/Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam) presents a fascinating arena of related research for scholars across disciplines. Edited by Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter, the Handbook of East Asian New Religious Movements provides t…
Searching for the Hidden “One: Muslim and Early European Interpretations of the Indian Upaniṣads
The Upaniṣads are commonly regarded as the ultimate summary of the Indian Weltanschauung . This high esteem is the result of a rather convoluted history of reception in different cultural environments. The article draws on their first interpretations in the Muslim and the European horizon, which are closely interconnected by a fascinating story of translation, namely the Sirr-i akbar of the Mughal prince Dārā Shukūh (1615–1659) and the Oupnek’hat…
Perfect Children: Growing Up on the Religious Fringe
Perfect Children: Growing Up on the Religious Fringe." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 32(2), pp. 357–358
When Tibetan Buddhism Goes West
Storming Zion: Government Raids on Religious Communities
The book under review deals with a highly delicate matter by introducing the category of ‘raids’ on some New Religious Movements (NRMs) in recent history. It gives a detailed study of supposedly of
Religion in der verrechtlichten Gesellschaft: Rechtskonflikte und öffentliche Kontroversen um Religion als Grenzarbeiten am religiösen Feld, written by Astrid Reuter
Rewriting German and Japanese primeval history: A comparative historical analysis of theTakeuchi monjoand 'Himmler's Bible
This study is concerned with two examples of religious re-interpretation of the origins of a ‘nation' legitimated by a text, respectively a ‘corpus' of material of allegedly ancient origin. The first examples are the Japanese Takeuchi monjo (‘Takeuchi texts'), which propose an extended and amended variant of the official ‘State Shintō' and its version of history and became the centre of a small ultra-nationalistic religious movement at the beginn…
Establishing the Revolutionary: An Introduction to New Religions in Japan, written by Birgit Staemmler and Ulrich Dehn
Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Religions
A “Greek God” in a Japanese New Religion: On Hermes in Kōfuku-no-Kagaku
The article deals with the presence of the “Greek god” Hermes in the Japanese new religious movement Kōfuku-no-Kagaku, which was founded in 1986. The various references are interpreted in light of the history and development of the movement and with regard to its setting in present-day Japanese religious culture. In addition to the importance of several aspects of the reception of the Euro-American New Age tradition and the prophecies of Nostrada…
Die Urmonotheismustheorie im Dienst der nationalsozialistischen Rassenkunde Herman Wirth im Kontext der religionswissenschaftlichen und ethnologischen Diskussion seiner Zeit
Herman Wirth Roeper Bosch (1885-1981) was an important theoretician of the racist theory of Nazi-Germany. This article deals with his major publication, ,,Der Aufgang der Menschheit“ (published 1928), wherein he provides a theory on the origins of the socalled ,,atlantidian“ race. One of the foundations is the so called ,,primordial monotheism“ ( Urmonotheismustheorie ), which was quite popular in the first half of the 20 th century. This article…
Bernd Schröder/Wolfgang Kraus (Hg.): Religion im öffentlichen Raum. Deutsche und französische Perspektiven/La Religion dans l'espace public. Perspectives allemandes et françaises
"Bernd Schröder/Wolfgang Kraus (Hg.): Religion im öffentlichen Raum. Deutsche und französische Perspektiven/La Religion dans l'espace public. Perspectives allemandes et françaises" published on 01 Jan 2010 by Brill
Die dokumentarischen Papyri Ägyptens und die Septuaginta: Studien zu 2Kön
Die Berücksichtigung des Materials der dokumentarischen Papyri Ägyptens für die Erforschung des Griechischen, das uns in der LXX entgegentritt, ist eines der wichtigsten Desiderata der philologischen Erfassung dieses bedeutenden hellenistischen Sprachdenkmals. Die sowohl in geographischer als auch in zeitlicher Hinsicht gegebene Nähe der bei den Corpora provoziert diese Problemstellung geradezu. Im vorliegenden Beitrag habe ich mir zum Ziel geset…
Buchbesprechungen
Zum Psalmenzitat auf O.Eleph. 165
In den von Guy Wagner edierten Papyri und Ostraka aus Elephantine findet sich unter der Nr. 165 der fragmentarische Text eines Ostrakons, den der Herausgeber als "texte chretien" vorstellt und in der Beschreibung dazu angibt, es handle sich um "un texte litteraire, peut-etre liturgique". Die Edition liest folgendermaßen: (...)
Searching for the Hidden “One: Muslim and Early European Interpretations of the Indian Upaniṣads
The Upaniṣads are commonly regarded as the ultimate summary of the Indian Weltanschauung . This high esteem is the result of a rather convoluted history of reception in different cultural environments. The article draws on their first interpretations in the Muslim and the European horizon, which are closely interconnected by a fascinating story of translation, namely the Sirr-i akbar of the Mughal prince Dārā Shukūh (1615–1659) and the Oupnek’hat…
Zum Psalmenzitat auf O.Eleph. 165
In den von Guy Wagner edierten Papyri und Ostraka aus Elephantine findet sich unter der Nr. 165 der fragmentarische Text eines Ostrakons, den der Herausgeber als "texte chretien" vorstellt und in der Beschreibung dazu angibt, es handle sich um "un texte litteraire, peut-etre liturgique". Die Edition liest folgendermaßen: (...)
Buchbesprechungen
Die dokumentarischen Papyri Ägyptens und die Septuaginta: Studien zu 2Kön
Die Berücksichtigung des Materials der dokumentarischen Papyri Ägyptens für die Erforschung des Griechischen, das uns in der LXX entgegentritt, ist eines der wichtigsten Desiderata der philologischen Erfassung dieses bedeutenden hellenistischen Sprachdenkmals. Die sowohl in geographischer als auch in zeitlicher Hinsicht gegebene Nähe der bei den Corpora provoziert diese Problemstellung geradezu. Im vorliegenden Beitrag habe ich mir zum Ziel geset…
Die Urmonotheismustheorie im Dienst der nationalsozialistischen Rassenkunde Herman Wirth im Kontext der religionswissenschaftlichen und ethnologischen Diskussion seiner Zeit
Herman Wirth Roeper Bosch (1885-1981) was an important theoretician of the racist theory of Nazi-Germany. This article deals with his major publication, ,,Der Aufgang der Menschheit“ (published 1928), wherein he provides a theory on the origins of the socalled ,,atlantidian“ race. One of the foundations is the so called ,,primordial monotheism“ ( Urmonotheismustheorie ), which was quite popular in the first half of the 20 th century. This article…
Bernd Schröder/Wolfgang Kraus (Hg.): Religion im öffentlichen Raum. Deutsche und französische Perspektiven/La Religion dans l'espace public. Perspectives allemandes et françaises
"Bernd Schröder/Wolfgang Kraus (Hg.): Religion im öffentlichen Raum. Deutsche und französische Perspektiven/La Religion dans l'espace public. Perspectives allemandes et françaises" published on 01 Jan 2010 by Brill
A “Greek God” in a Japanese New Religion: On Hermes in Kōfuku-no-Kagaku
The article deals with the presence of the “Greek god” Hermes in the Japanese new religious movement Kōfuku-no-Kagaku, which was founded in 1986. The various references are interpreted in light of the history and development of the movement and with regard to its setting in present-day Japanese religious culture. In addition to the importance of several aspects of the reception of the Euro-American New Age tradition and the prophecies of Nostrada…
Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Religions
Establishing the Revolutionary: An Introduction to New Religions in Japan, written by Birgit Staemmler and Ulrich Dehn
When Tibetan Buddhism Goes West
Storming Zion: Government Raids on Religious Communities
The book under review deals with a highly delicate matter by introducing the category of ‘raids’ on some New Religious Movements (NRMs) in recent history. It gives a detailed study of supposedly of
Religion in der verrechtlichten Gesellschaft: Rechtskonflikte und öffentliche Kontroversen um Religion als Grenzarbeiten am religiösen Feld, written by Astrid Reuter
Rewriting German and Japanese primeval history: A comparative historical analysis of theTakeuchi monjoand 'Himmler's Bible
This study is concerned with two examples of religious re-interpretation of the origins of a ‘nation' legitimated by a text, respectively a ‘corpus' of material of allegedly ancient origin. The first examples are the Japanese Takeuchi monjo (‘Takeuchi texts'), which propose an extended and amended variant of the official ‘State Shintō' and its version of history and became the centre of a small ultra-nationalistic religious movement at the beginn…
Perfect Children: Growing Up on the Religious Fringe
Perfect Children: Growing Up on the Religious Fringe." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 32(2), pp. 357–358
Japanese New Religious Movements: An Introduction
Handbook of East Asian New Religious Movements
This Handbook has won the ICAS Edited Volume Accolade 2019. Brill warmly congratulates editors Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter and their authors with this award. * A vibrant cauldron of new religious developments, East Asia (China/Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam) presents a fascinating arena of related research for scholars across disciplines. Edited by Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter, the Handbook of East Asian New Religious Movements provides t…
Searching for the Hidden “One: Muslim and Early European Interpretations of the Indian Upaniṣads
The Upaniṣads are commonly regarded as the ultimate summary of the Indian Weltanschauung . This high esteem is the result of a rather convoluted history of reception in different cultural environments. The article draws on their first interpretations in the Muslim and the European horizon, which are closely interconnected by a fascinating story of translation, namely the Sirr-i akbar of the Mughal prince Dārā Shukūh (1615–1659) and the Oupnek’hat…
The Occult Nineteenth Century: Roots, Developments, and Impact on the Modern World
Euro-American Esoteric Readings of East Asia: Introductory Remarks
This article introduces the special issue “Euro-American Esoteric Readings of East Asia.” First, the genesis of the special issue is explained, after which working definitions of the key terminology are given, namely, “East Asia,” “Euro-American,” “Western,” and “esotericism.” Next, the rationale of the special issue as well as short synopses of its five contributions are presented. The article argues that esoteric readings of things East Asia ha…
Introducing “the Heavenly Empire of China” (le Céleste Empire de la Chine): China versus India in the Quest for an Ancient Model Society in Joseph Alexandre Saint-Yves d’Alveydre
Joseph Alexandre Saint-Yves d’Alveydre (1842–1909) is an eminent figure in the history of French esotericism who introduced a specific view on the history of humankind that evolves around various cycles of civilizations and their supposed remains in important cultural and religious traditions of the world. Although India obviously plays the most important role, a thorough study of his interest in China and its heritage clearly shows that in some …
Appropriating the Dao: The Euro-American Esoteric Reception of China
Assembling original contributions, this book is a pioneering attempt to address the Euro-American esoteric reception and appropriation of China. Positioned between eighteenth-century’s mesmerism and intersections with the modern martial arts current, the contributions specifically centre on nineteenth and early twentieth-century occult appraisals and representations. This book opens up an under-explored area of research in the field of East–West …
An Alternative View on Chinese Cultural and Religious History: Esoteric Readings of the Mythical Figure of Fuxi
The cultural hero Fúxī 伏羲 is a well-known and important figure in the Chinese mytho-historiography, particularly due to his close relation to the seminal divination manual Yìjīng 易經 (Classic of Changes). Starting with the information provided in the early Jesuit reports and compilations on Chinese history, he became well known as the first “king” of Chinese history in the European perception of the history of China. From the nineteenth to the ear…
Preface to the Special Issue “Euro-American Esoteric Perspectives on East Asia”
Katharina Limacher . 2021. Doing mandir, doing kōvil. Eine empirische Rekonstruktion hinduistischer Tempelpraktiken in der Schweiz und in Österreich . Religionen aktuell 32. Baden-Baden: Nomos. 350 Se…
Philosophy (15 works) · History (13 works) · Japanese History and Culture (11 works) · Art (9 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (9 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (8 works) · History of religions (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Literature (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works)