Workshop: Science, Aesthetics, and Politics of the Occult
"New Perspectives on the Study of Esotericism" vom 10.-11. März 2017. (In Englisch)
For the longest time, esotericism has been regarded as a system of beliefs and even superstitions representing the very antithesis to modernization. This dichotomy is largely the result of a concept of esotericism based on methods and objectives pertaining to the study of religion. In this workshop, we will critique this false dichotomy by changing the perspective. Esotericism, we hold, is complexly involved in processes of social, cultural, religious, and political modernization and therefore a generative force in the production of knowledge. The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries will provide us with the historical arena to make this point. Specifically, we will focus on figurations of the occult in certain scientific, aesthetic, and political movements of that period.
Speakers:
Egil Asprem, external page University of Stockholm
Juan Marin, ETH Zürich
Julian Strube, external page Universität Heidleberg
Robert Matthias Erdbeer, external page Universität Münster
Wouter Hanegraaff, external page University of Amsterdam
Helmut Zander, external page Université de Fribourg
Andreas Kilcher, ETH Zürich
Date: 10 and 11 March 2017
Venue: Villa Hatt, ETH Zurich
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