Religion after Religion: Gershom Scholem, Mircea Eliade, and Henry Corbin at Era

Description: Religion after Religion by Steven M. Wasserstrom The author focuses on the lectures delivered by Scholem, Eliade, and Corbin to the Eranos participants, but also shows how these scholars generated broader interest in their ideas through radio talks, poetry, novels, short stories, autobiographies, and interviews. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description By the end of World War II, religion appeared to be on the decline throughout the United States and Europe. Recent world events had cast doubt on the relevance of religious belief, and modernizing trends made religious rituals look out of place. It was in this atmosphere that the careers of Scholem, Eliade, and Corbin--the twentieth centurys legendary scholars in the respective fields of Judaism, History of Religions, and Islam--converged and ultimately revolutionized how people thought about religion. Between 1949 and 1978, all three lectured to Carl Jungs famous Eranos circle in Ascona, Switzerland, where each in his own way came to identify the symbolism of mystical experience as a central element of his monotheistic tradition. In this, the first book ever to compare the paths taken by these thinkers, Steven Wasserstrom explores how they overturned traditional approaches to studying religion by de-emphasizing law, ritual, and social history and by extolling the role of myth and mysticism. The most controversial aspect of their theory of religion, Wasserstrom argues, is that it minimized the binding character of moral law associated with monotheism.The author focuses on the lectures delivered by Scholem, Eliade, and Corbin to the Eranos participants, but also shows how these scholars generated broader interest in their ideas through radio talks, poetry, novels, short stories, autobiographies, and interviews. He analyzes their conception of religion from a broadly integrated, comparative perspective, sets their distinctive thinking into historical and intellectual context, and interprets the striking success of their approaches. Notes By focusing on Scholem, Corbin, and Eliade, Steven Wasserstrom has brought to light many of the tacit assumptions that have informed the study of religious culture in our time. Particularly important is his attentiveness to the primary emphasis placed on the symbolic imagination in these three seminal thinkers and the impact that this orientation had on their assessment of history, politics, and ethics. Wasserstrom has produced a study that will have major implications for the way that historians of religion think about their own discipline. -- Elliot R. Wolfson, New York University Back Cover "By focusing on Scholem, Corbin, and Eliade, Steven Wasserstrom has brought to light many of the tacit assumptions that have informed the study of religious culture in our time. Particularly important is his attentiveness to the primary emphasis placed on the symbolic imagination in these three seminal thinkers and the impact that this orientation had on their assessment of history, politics, and ethics. Wasserstrom has produced a study that will have major implications for the way that historians of religion think about their own discipline."--Elliot R. Wolfson, New York University Flap "By focusing on Scholem, Corbin, and Eliade, Steven Wasserstrom has brought to light many of the tacit assumptions that have informed the study of religious culture in our time. Particularly important is his attentiveness to the primary emphasis placed on the symbolic imagination in these three seminal thinkers and the impact that this orientation had on their assessment of history, politics, and ethics. Wasserstrom has produced a study that will have major implications for the way that historians of religion think about their own discipline."-- Elliot R. Wolfson, New York University Author Biography Steven M. Wasserstrom is the Moe and Izetta Tonkon Associate Professor of Judaic Studies and the Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. His book Between Muslim and Jew: The Problem of Symbiosis under Early Islam (Princeton) was given the Award for Excellence in Historical Studies from the American Academy of Religion. Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments ix Authors Note xi Introduction 3 PART 1: Religion after Religion 21 Chapter 1. Eranos and the "History of Religions" 23 Chapter 2. Toward the Origins of History of Religions: Christian Kabbalah as Inspiration and as Initiation 37 Chapter 3. Tautegorical Sublime: Gershom Scholem and Henry Corbin in Conversation 52 Chapter 4. Coincidentia Oppositorum: An Essay 67 PART II: Poetics 83 Chapter 5. On Symbols and Symbolizing 85 Chapter 6. Aesthetic Solutions 100 Chapter 7. A Rustling in the Woods: The Turn to Myth in Weimar Jewish Thought 112 PART III: Politics 125 Chapter 8. Collective Renovatio 127 Chapter 9. The Idea of Incognito: Authority and Its Occultation According to Henry Corbin 145 PART IV.- History 157 Chapter 10. Mystic Historicities 159 Chapter 11. The Chiliastic Practice of Islamic Studies According to Henry Corbin 172 Chapter 12. Psychoanalysis in Reverse 183 PART V: Ethics 201 Chapter 13. Uses of the Androgyne in the History of Religions 203 Chapter 14. Defeating Evil from Within: Comparative Perspectives on "Redemption through Sin" 215 Chapter 15. On the Suspension of the Ethical 225 Conclusion 237 Abbreviations Used in the Notes 251 Notes 255 Index 355 Review "A powerful and evocative work for mature and informed readers..."--Library Journal "Religion after Religion is rich with quotes from--as well as observations about--Eliade, Henry Corbin, and Gershom Scholem... it recombines them in a masterful, insightful performance that evokes in the sympathetic reader ... wondering admiration... Virtually anyone could learn a great deal by reading this book."--Journal of Religion Promotional By focusing on Scholem, Corbin, and Eliade, Steven Wasserstrom has brought to light many of the tacit assumptions that have informed the study of religious culture in our time. Particularly important is his attentiveness to the primary emphasis placed on the symbolic imagination in these three seminal thinkers and the impact that this orientation had on their assessment of history, politics, and ethics. Wasserstrom has produced a study that will have major implications for the way that historians of religion think about their own discipline. -- Elliot R. Wolfson, New York University Long Description By the end of World War II, religion appeared to be on the decline throughout the United States and Europe. Recent world events had cast doubt on the relevance of religious belief, and modernizing trends made religious rituals look out of place. It was in this atmosphere that the careers of Scholem, Eliade, and Corbin--the twentieth centurys legendary scholars in the respective fields of Judaism, History of Religions, and Islam--converged and ultimately revolutionized how people thought about religion. Between 1949 and 1978, all three lectured to Carl Jungs famous Eranos circle in Ascona, Switzerland, where each in his own way came to identify the symbolism of mystical experience as a central element of his monotheistic tradition. In this, the first book ever to compare the paths taken by these thinkers, Steven Wasserstrom explores how they overturned traditional approaches to studying religion by de-emphasizing law, ritual, and social history and by extolling the role of myth and mysticism. The most controversial aspect of their theory of religion, Wasserstrom argues, is that it minimized the binding character of moral law associated with monotheism.The author focuses on the lectures delivered by Scholem, Eliade, and Corbin to the Eranos participants, but also shows how these scholars generated broader interest in their ideas through radio talks, poetry, novels, short stories, autobiographies, and interviews. He analyzes their conception of religion from a broadly integrated, comparative perspective, sets their distinctive thinking into historical and intellectual context, and interprets the striking success of their approaches. Review Quote Religion after Religion is rich with quotes fromia Details ISBN0691005400 Author Steven M. Wasserstrom Short Title RELIGION AFTER RELIGION Publisher Princeton University Press Language English ISBN-10 0691005400 ISBN-13 9780691005409 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1999 Imprint Princeton University Press Subtitle Gershom Scholem, Mircea Eliade, and Henry Corbin at Eranos Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 384 Translated from English DOI 10.1604/9780691005409 UK Release Date 1999-12-05 NZ Release Date 1999-12-05 US Release Date 1999-12-05 Publication Date 1999-12-05 Alternative 9780691005393 DEWEY 291 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2000-02-13 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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