Stuckrad, Kocku von,  1966- <br/><br/>
Locations of knowledge in medieval and early modern Europe  esoteric discourse and Western identities /  [electronic resource] : 
by Kocku von Stuckrad. 
 - Leiden ;  Boston :  Brill,  2010. 
 - xiii, 240 p. 
 - Brill's studies in intellectual history,  v. 186  0920-8607 ; .
 - Brill's studies in intellectual history ;  v. 186. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Occultism--History.--Europe<br/>Discourse analysis--Europe.<br/>Occultism--History--Europe--Sources.<br/>Group identity--History.--Europe<br/>Cultural pluralism--History.--Europe<br/>Social change--History.--Europe
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe--Intellectual life.<br/>Europe--Intellectual life--Sources.<br/>Europe--Social conditions.<br/>Europe--Religious life and customs.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF1434.E85  / S78 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>130.94