Locations of Knowledge in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

• Utgivningsdatum: 2010-03-08
• Mått: 155 x 235 x 21 mm
• Vikt: 554 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History
• Antal sidor: 242
• Förlag: Brill
• ISBN: 9789004184220

• Kulturvetenskap
• Europas historia
• Filosofiska discipliner

Kocku von Stuckrad, Ph.D. (1999) in the Academic Study of Religion, University of Bremen, is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Groningen. He has published extensively on European history of religion, esotericism, shamanism, and astrology.

"Von Stuckrad’s sophisticated and stimulating reevaluation of the place of esotericism in Western culture should be of great interest to anyone concerned with the complex religious, social, political, and intellectual developments that mark the transition from the medieval to the modern world...., this is an exceptionally interesting book eminently worthy of critical attention." - Allison P. Coudert, in: Religion 42:3, 489-492"This volume will be of benefit to scholars interested in European religious and intellectual history, especially those focusing on esoteric traditions. For students of Jewish intellectual history, this study presents an engaging model for examining the “discursive unit” that Jews helped create through their direct and indirect engagement with the Christian majority. Stuckrad’s work demonstrates that Jewish texts and ideas are essential components of the discursive matrix of the West, and thus assume a central rather than marginal role in the study of European intellectual history. The comprehensive bibliography and index, as well as the rich footnotes, further enhance the value of Stuckrad’s contribution." - Hartley Lachter, Muhlenberg College, in: H-Judaic (August, 2011)"Von Stuckrad’s sophisticated and stimulating reevaluation of the place of esotericism in Western culture should be of great interest to anyone concerned with the complex religious, social, political, and intellectual developments that mark the transition from the medieval to the modern world. The dialogue he proposes between modern theories and ancient, medieval, and early modern texts raises important questions and offers further evidence that the nineteenth and twentieth century divisions between religion, magic, and science and between science, philosophy, and occultism have outlived their usefulness." - Professor Allison P. Coudert, Paul and Marie Castelfranco Chair in the Religious Studies Program, University of California at Davis

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