Contemporary esotericism / / edited by Egil Asprem and Kennet Granholm |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
Disciplina | 130 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AspremEgil
GranholmKennet <1977-> |
Collana | Gnostica : texts and interpretations |
Soggetto topico |
Occultism
Religions |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-138-85611-8
1-315-72865-6 1-317-54357-2 1-84465-774-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part I: Tradition; 2 Constructing Esotericisms: Sociological, Historical and Critical Approaches to the Invention of Tradition; 3 Inventing Africa: Esotericism and the Creation of an Afrocentric Tradition in America; 4 Secret Lineages and de Facto Satanists: Anton LaVey's Use of Esoteric Tradition; 5 Perennialism and Iconoclasm: Chaos Magick and the Legitimacy of Innovation; Part II: Popular Culture and New Media; 6 Occulture is Ordinary; 7 From Book to Bit: Enacting Satanism Online
8 Accessing the Astral with a Monitor and Mouse: Esoteric Religion and the Astral Located in Three-Dimensional Virtual Realms 9 The Secrets of Scientology: Concealment, Information Control and Esoteric Knowledge in the World's Most Controversial New Religion; 10 Hidden Knowledge, Hidden Powers: Esotericism and Conspiracy Culture; Part III: Esoteric Transfers; 11 Discursive Transfers and Reconfigurations: Tracing the Religious and the Esoteric in Secular Culture; 12 Radical Politics and Political Esotericism: The Adaptation of Esoteric Discourse within the Radical Right 13 New Age Spirituality and Islamic Jihad: Paulo Coelho's Manual of the Warrior of Light and Shamil Basayev's Manual of the Mujahid 14 Deep Ecology and the Study of Western Esotericism; Part IV: Leaving the Margins; 15 The Secular, the Post-Secular and the Esoteric in the Public Sphere; 16 Psychic Enchantments of the Educated Classes: The Paranormal and the Ambiguities of Disenchantment; 17 The New Kids: Indigo Children and New Age Discourse; 18 A Small-Town Health Centre in Sweden: Perspectives on the Western Esotericism Debate; 19 Entheogenic Esotericism 20 A Deliciously Troubling Duo: Gender and Esotericism Bibliography, Discography and Filmography; Index |
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Handbook of conspiracy theory and contemporary religion / / Asbjo Dyrendal, David G. Robertson, Egil Asprem |
Autore | Dyrendal Asbjo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden : , : Brill, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 556 pages) |
Disciplina | 291 |
Collana | Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion |
Soggetto topico |
Cults
Conspiracy theories |
ISBN | 90-04-38202-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Authors -- Introducing the Field: Conspiracy Theory in, about, and as Religion / David G. Robertson , Egil Asprem and Asbjørn Dyrendal -- Explanations -- Conspiracy Theories and the Study of Religion(s): What We are Talking about, and Why it is Important / Asbjørn Dyrendal , Egil Asprem and David G. Robertson -- Rational Enchantments: Conspiracy Theory between Secular Scepticism and Spiritual Salvation / Stef Aupers and Jaron Harambam -- Is a Belief in Providence the Same as a Belief in Conspiracy? / Brian L. Keeley -- Are Conspiracy Theories a Surrogate for God? / Michael Wood and Karen Douglas -- A Web of Conspiracy? Internet and Conspiracy Theory / Joseph E. Uscinski , Darin DeWitt and Matthew D. Atkinson -- Correspondences -- The Satanism Scare in Apartheid South Africa / Nicky Falkof -- “Trust Me, You Can’t Trust Them”: Stigmatised Knowledge in Cults and Conspiracies / Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist and Suzanne Newcombe -- Popular Music, Conspiracy Culture, and the Sacred / Christopher Partridge -- Close Companions? Esotericism and Conspiracy Theories / Egil Asprem and Asbjørn Dyrendal -- The Counter-Elite: Strategies of Authority in Millennial Conspiracism / David G. Robertson -- Locations -- Buddhism Endangered by Hidden Enemies: Conspiracy Narratives in Sri Lankan Buddhist Present and Past / Sven Bretfeld -- Buddhist Islamophobia: Actors, Tropes, Contexts / Iselin Frydenlund -- Islamism and the Instrumentalisation of Conspiracism / Willow J. Berridge -- Anti-Jewish and Anti-Zionist Conspiracism in the Arab World: Historical and Political Roots / Barbara De Poli -- A Fantastic People and Its Enemies: An Analysis of an Emerging Albanian Mythology / Cecilie Endresen -- Was Aristotle an Anti-Semitic Alien? Conspiracy Theory, Ufology, and the Colonisation of the Past in Contemporary Greece / Tao T. Makeeff -- The Role of Conspiracy Theory in the Aum Shinrikyo Incident / Tsuji Ryutaro -- Framing of a Conspiracy Theory: The Efendi Series / Turkay Nefes -- The Third Rome Against the Third Temple: Apocalypticism and Conspiracism in Post-Soviet Russia / Michael Hagemeister -- Alexander Dugin: Between Eschatology, Esotericism, and Conspiracy Theory / Victor Shnirelman -- Conspiracy Theories and Neo-Nazism in the Cultic Milieu / Paul Jackson -- Evil Cult or Persecuted Minority? Conspiracy Theories Surrounding Falun Gong and the Government of the People’s Republic of China / Helen Farley -- The Messiah is a Salesman, Yet Consumerism is a Con(spiracy): The Church of the SubGenius, Work, and the Pursuit of Slack as a Spiritual Ideal / Carole M. Cusack -- Afterword: Further Reflections, Future Directions / Egil Asprem , David G. Robertson and Asbjørn Dyrendal -- Back Matter -- Index. |
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Leiden : , : Brill, , [2018] | ||
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Handbook of conspiracy theory and contemporary religion / / Asbjo Dyrendal, David G. Robertson, Egil Asprem |
Autore | Dyrendal Asbjo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden : , : Brill, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 556 pages) |
Disciplina | 291 |
Collana | Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion |
Soggetto topico |
Cults
Conspiracy theories |
ISBN | 90-04-38202-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Authors -- Introducing the Field: Conspiracy Theory in, about, and as Religion / David G. Robertson , Egil Asprem and Asbjørn Dyrendal -- Explanations -- Conspiracy Theories and the Study of Religion(s): What We are Talking about, and Why it is Important / Asbjørn Dyrendal , Egil Asprem and David G. Robertson -- Rational Enchantments: Conspiracy Theory between Secular Scepticism and Spiritual Salvation / Stef Aupers and Jaron Harambam -- Is a Belief in Providence the Same as a Belief in Conspiracy? / Brian L. Keeley -- Are Conspiracy Theories a Surrogate for God? / Michael Wood and Karen Douglas -- A Web of Conspiracy? Internet and Conspiracy Theory / Joseph E. Uscinski , Darin DeWitt and Matthew D. Atkinson -- Correspondences -- The Satanism Scare in Apartheid South Africa / Nicky Falkof -- “Trust Me, You Can’t Trust Them”: Stigmatised Knowledge in Cults and Conspiracies / Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist and Suzanne Newcombe -- Popular Music, Conspiracy Culture, and the Sacred / Christopher Partridge -- Close Companions? Esotericism and Conspiracy Theories / Egil Asprem and Asbjørn Dyrendal -- The Counter-Elite: Strategies of Authority in Millennial Conspiracism / David G. Robertson -- Locations -- Buddhism Endangered by Hidden Enemies: Conspiracy Narratives in Sri Lankan Buddhist Present and Past / Sven Bretfeld -- Buddhist Islamophobia: Actors, Tropes, Contexts / Iselin Frydenlund -- Islamism and the Instrumentalisation of Conspiracism / Willow J. Berridge -- Anti-Jewish and Anti-Zionist Conspiracism in the Arab World: Historical and Political Roots / Barbara De Poli -- A Fantastic People and Its Enemies: An Analysis of an Emerging Albanian Mythology / Cecilie Endresen -- Was Aristotle an Anti-Semitic Alien? Conspiracy Theory, Ufology, and the Colonisation of the Past in Contemporary Greece / Tao T. Makeeff -- The Role of Conspiracy Theory in the Aum Shinrikyo Incident / Tsuji Ryutaro -- Framing of a Conspiracy Theory: The Efendi Series / Turkay Nefes -- The Third Rome Against the Third Temple: Apocalypticism and Conspiracism in Post-Soviet Russia / Michael Hagemeister -- Alexander Dugin: Between Eschatology, Esotericism, and Conspiracy Theory / Victor Shnirelman -- Conspiracy Theories and Neo-Nazism in the Cultic Milieu / Paul Jackson -- Evil Cult or Persecuted Minority? Conspiracy Theories Surrounding Falun Gong and the Government of the People’s Republic of China / Helen Farley -- The Messiah is a Salesman, Yet Consumerism is a Con(spiracy): The Church of the SubGenius, Work, and the Pursuit of Slack as a Spiritual Ideal / Carole M. Cusack -- Afterword: Further Reflections, Future Directions / Egil Asprem , David G. Robertson and Asbjørn Dyrendal -- Back Matter -- Index. |
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New Approaches to the Study of Esotericism / / edited by Egil Asprem, Julian Strube |
Autore | Asprem Egil |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Brill, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 200 |
Collana | Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion |
Soggetto topico | Religion |
Soggetto non controllato | Eclectic & esoteric religions & belief systems |
ISBN | 90-04-44645-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Content -- List of Schematics -- Notes on Contributors -- Esotericism's Expanding Horizon: Why This Book Came to Be Egil Asprem and Julian Strube -- Receptions of Revelations: A Future for the Study of Esotericism and Antiquity Dylan Burns -- Towards the Study of Esotericism without the "Western": Esotericism from the Perspective of a Global Religious History Julian Strube -- "That I Did Love the Moor to Live with Him": Islam in/and the Study of "Western Esotericism" Liana Saif -- The Occult among the Aborigines of South America? Some Remarks on Race, Coloniality, and the West in the Study of Esotericism Mariano Villalba -- "Don't Take Any Wooden Nickels": Western Esotericism, Yoga, and the Discourse of Authenticity Keith Cantú -- Rejected Knowledge Reconsidered: Some Methodological Notes on Esotericism and Marginality Egil Asprem -- Race and (the Study of) Esotericism Justine Bakker -- "What Can the Whole World Be Hiding?" Exploring Africana Esotericisms in the American Soul-Blues Continuum Hugh R. Page, Jr. and Stephen C. Finley -- Double Toil and Gender Trouble? Performativity and Femininity in the Cauldron of Esotericism Research Manon Hedenborg White -- What do Jade Eggs Tell Us about the Category "Esotericism"? Spirituality, Neoliberalism, Secrecy, and Commodities Susannah Crockford -- Interpretation Reconsidered: The Definitional Progression in the Study of Esotericism as a Case in Point for the Varifocal Theory of Interpretation Dimitry Okropiridze -- Afterword: Outlines of a New Roadmap Egil Asprem and Julian Strube -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910476890603321 |
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