Transgressing Boundaries

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" Transgressing Boundaries "
Julian Strube

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1064706
Doc. No	:	LA108335
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700593-01601001‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Julian Strube
Title & Author	:	Transgressing Boundaries [Article]\ Julian Strube
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Aries
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	16/1
Page No	:	1–11
Abstract	:	This editorial argues for a methodological move away from dichotomous constellations toward a concept of entangled history. Although the study of esotericism seeks to highlight the cultural importance of its subject, its leading approaches are reiterating the very polemical dichotomies that led to its marginalization. This can be seen as the grand paradox of the study of esotericism. Therefore it is necessary to transgress both disciplinary and geographical boundaries and understand “esotericism” as a deeply entangled element of complex global discourses about “religion,” “science,” and “politics.” This opens up new opportunities for the study of esotericism to not only better comprehend the emergence of “esotericism” as an integral part of “Western” culture, but also to contribute to an understanding of the emergence of “Western” identity in general. This editorial argues for a methodological move away from dichotomous constellations toward a concept of entangled history. Although the study of esotericism seeks to highlight the cultural importance of its subject, its leading approaches are reiterating the very polemical dichotomies that led to its marginalization. This can be seen as the grand paradox of the study of esotericism. Therefore it is necessary to transgress both disciplinary and geographical boundaries and understand “esotericism” as a deeply entangled element of complex global discourses about “religion,” “science,” and “politics.” This opens up new opportunities for the study of esotericism to not only better comprehend the emergence of “esotericism” as an integral part of “Western” culture, but also to contribute to an understanding of the emergence of “Western” identity in general.
Descriptor	:	entangled history
Descriptor	:	esotericism
Descriptor	:	global history
Descriptor	:	politics
Descriptor	:	religion
Descriptor	:	science
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700593-01601001‬