Esotericism, Mysticism and the Politics of Transcendence in Modern Asia

Edited by Soumen Mukherjee,Dr. Soumen Mukherjee,Prof. Toshio AKAI,Toshio Akai

ISBN13: 9781839990427

Imprint: Anthem Press

Publisher: Anthem Press

Format: Hardback

Published: 03/06/2025

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Description
This invaluable anthology examines histories of esotericism, mysticism and occultism in modern Asia, understood here as the period roughly stretching from the late-nineteenth through the twentieth century, and paving eventually the way for the so-called ‘New Age’. The idea of ‘histories’, in plural, has to do with the complexities of their lineages, the many pathways through which their affinities, encounters and entanglements flowed and/or developed during the period under review. The contributors hail from different disciplines – history, literature and religious studies, for instance and, in what accounts for a cutting edge of the book, provide truly multidisciplinary insights on the subject in one single volume. Their select case studies illuminate key aspects of contemporaneous socio-religious processes. They explicate how aspects of mysticism, esotericism and occultism were closely tied to wider socio-political and intellectual processes of the period that were at once transregional, even global, and frequently transcultural and/or cosmopolitan in character. Postgraduate students, research scholars and academics in general working in the fields of religious studies and/or Asian religions in modern times will find this collection to be of great interest.
  • Religion & beliefs
  • Mysticism, magic & ritual
  • Spirituality & religious experience
  • Mysticism
  • Theosophy & Anthroposophy
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
Height:229
Width:153
Spine:23
Weight:454.00
List Price: £80.00