The power of ideas: esotericism, historicism, and the limits of discourse
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This article is a response to the reviews by Giovanni Filoramo, Olav Hammer, Bernd-Christian Otto, Marco Pasi, and Michael Stausberg of Wouter J. Hanegraaff's book Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture. The author attempts to clarify his view of the relation between history and theory, and between intellectual history and discourse theory in particular; he provides a summary of his motivations for writing the book and of its main argument; he concludes by addressing a number of theoretical issues raised by the respondents.
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The accepted longue durée of Western esoteric currents has no substantial references to Arabic or medieval connections.
“the accepted longue durée of Western esoteric currents has no substantial references to Arabic or medieval connections (Faivre, 1994, pp. 52-3;Hanegraaff, 2013, pp. 18-44;Hanegraaff, 2012; for Arabic and other medieval connections, see Saif, 2015).”
From New Approaches to the Study of Esotericism (2021) · cites this paper as Hanegraaff, 2013
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Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture
Hanegraaff, W. J. (2012) · doi:10.1017/cbo9781139048064 · Cited by 354 · see citing works
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New Approaches to the Study of Esotericism
Asprem, E., & Strube, J. (2021) · doi:10.1163/9789004446458 · Cited by 63 · see citing works
- Authors
- Hanegraaff, W. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Hanegraaff, Wouter J.
- Venue
- Religion
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-04
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 252-273
- ISSN
- 0048-721X (ISSN-L)
- 1096-1151
- OpenAlex
- W2042425298
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 7.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Religion (publishedVersion)
- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Study and Philosophy of Religion
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Philosophy, History, and Historiography
- Keywords
- esotericism, historicism, intellectual history, discourse theory, history and theory, Western culture, limits of discourse
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