Locations of knowledge in medieval and early modern Europe
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Brill (NL) |
| ISBN-13 | 9789004184220 |
| Open Library | OL16983001W |
| Total publications | 13 |
| Coverage period | 2010 - 2010 |
| Language | EN |
The contents of this book cover Europe and the Christendom narrative, the polemical construction of tradition, genealogies of wisdom, Jewish perspectives, conceptualizing the study of esoteric discourse, and much more.
Chapter Nine. Political Consideration
Chapter Two. The Polemical Construction Of Tradition
The concept of tradition plays a significant role in discourses of European identity. This chapter interprets the emergence of prisca theologia in early modern Europe as a discursive strategy to formulate alternative genealogies of knowledge and identities that go beyond the usual revelation of scriptural traditions. It compares the concept of prisca theologia to kabbalistic constructions of tradition that emerged at the same time. As to the meth…
Chapter Three. Conceptualizing The Study Of Esoteric Discourse
Against the background of the two-fold pluralism of European history of religion and the rhetorical or even polemical functions of religious narratives of tradition, this chapter turns to the place of esoteric discourse within this conceptual framework. One argument of the chapter is that esoteric discourse is a useful term for addressing structural elements of European culture in historical perspective, structures that include the role of schola…
Chapter Six. The Secrets Of Time
This chapter overviews of medieval Muslim astrology before it turns to the Christian astrology of the same period, which can be described as an adaptation of Muslim traditions of knowledge, but which also reveals its own transmission and reworking of ancient doctrines leading to astonishing results already in the ninth century. From the beginning, most Muslim rulers were open to science and philosophy. This led to a very fruitful transmission of …
Chapter Ten. Conclusion
Addressing discursive structures in historical perspective allows for a more nuanced analysis and interpretation of the past and the present. From such a perspective, historical imagination is the complex interplay of several dimensions and practices. The emergence of a research field of Western esotericism can itself be interpreted as a discursive event that is linked to the change of episteme that influenced European discourses after the Second…
Index
Chapter Four. The Secrets Of Experience
Chapter One. Europe And The Christendom Narrative
Talking of transformations of religious discourses between 1700 and 2000 opens up new vistas for the analysis of religious dynamics in Europe. Such an approach may also shed some interesting light on the narrative that is closely related to the theorem of secularizationthe rhetoric of the Christian occident. As discursive formation the process of singularization has led to influential concepts of the individual and to juridical structures that ma…
Chapter Five. The Secrets Of Texts
In a recent analysis, Christina Brandt demonstrated how the genetic code became a central element of a wide discursive reorientation of the life sciences. Such an observation is certainly correct. But in the author opinion these developments are even more important than Brandt has it. On the one hand, they are not really new but engrained in Western cultural history, a fact that shows in this chapter. All representatives of early modern esoterici…
Chapter Seven. Scientific Encounters
Chapter Eight. Visual Seductions
Preliminary Material
Locations of Knowledge in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
The contents of this book cover Europe and the Christendom narrative, the polemical construction of tradition, genealogies of wisdom, Jewish perspectives, conceptualizing the study of esoteric discourse, and much more.
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Chapter Nine. Political Consideration
Chapter Two. The Polemical Construction Of Tradition
The concept of tradition plays a significant role in discourses of European identity. This chapter interprets the emergence of prisca theologia in early modern Europe as a discursive strategy to formulate alternative genealogies of knowledge and identities that go beyond the usual revelation of scriptural traditions. It compares the concept of prisca theologia to kabbalistic constructions of tradition that emerged at the same time. As to the meth…
Chapter Three. Conceptualizing The Study Of Esoteric Discourse
Against the background of the two-fold pluralism of European history of religion and the rhetorical or even polemical functions of religious narratives of tradition, this chapter turns to the place of esoteric discourse within this conceptual framework. One argument of the chapter is that esoteric discourse is a useful term for addressing structural elements of European culture in historical perspective, structures that include the role of schola…
Chapter Six. The Secrets Of Time
This chapter overviews of medieval Muslim astrology before it turns to the Christian astrology of the same period, which can be described as an adaptation of Muslim traditions of knowledge, but which also reveals its own transmission and reworking of ancient doctrines leading to astonishing results already in the ninth century. From the beginning, most Muslim rulers were open to science and philosophy. This led to a very fruitful transmission of …
Chapter Ten. Conclusion
Addressing discursive structures in historical perspective allows for a more nuanced analysis and interpretation of the past and the present. From such a perspective, historical imagination is the complex interplay of several dimensions and practices. The emergence of a research field of Western esotericism can itself be interpreted as a discursive event that is linked to the change of episteme that influenced European discourses after the Second…
Index
Chapter Four. The Secrets Of Experience
Chapter One. Europe And The Christendom Narrative
Talking of transformations of religious discourses between 1700 and 2000 opens up new vistas for the analysis of religious dynamics in Europe. Such an approach may also shed some interesting light on the narrative that is closely related to the theorem of secularizationthe rhetoric of the Christian occident. As discursive formation the process of singularization has led to influential concepts of the individual and to juridical structures that ma…
Chapter Five. The Secrets Of Texts
In a recent analysis, Christina Brandt demonstrated how the genetic code became a central element of a wide discursive reorientation of the life sciences. Such an observation is certainly correct. But in the author opinion these developments are even more important than Brandt has it. On the one hand, they are not really new but engrained in Western cultural history, a fact that shows in this chapter. All representatives of early modern esoterici…
Chapter Seven. Scientific Encounters
Chapter Eight. Visual Seductions
Preliminary Material
Locations of Knowledge in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
The contents of this book cover Europe and the Christendom narrative, the polemical construction of tradition, genealogies of wisdom, Jewish perspectives, conceptualizing the study of esoteric discourse, and much more.