Imagining the East: The Early Theosophical Society

ISBN-13: 9780190853884 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 400 str.

Tim Rudbog; Erik Sand

Recenzje

The early years of the Theosophical Society were a crucial time with regard to the interaction between Euro-American occultism and colonial India. In this volume, leading experts open up new vistas on the formation of occult South Asia. It thus will serve as a veritable treasure trove of insights for anyone interested in South Asian society and religion, orientalism, and the history of occultism.

O autorze

Dr. Tim Rudbøg is Associate Professor and director of The Copenhagen Center for the Study of Theosophy and Esotericism at the University of Copenhagen. As a historian of religions, Rudbøg's previous publications have particularly focused on Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Theosophy, hermeticism, intellectual history, and the academic study of Western esotericism. Erik Reenberg Sand is Associate Professor, emeritus, at the University of Copenhagen. His English publications include articles on Hindu ancestor rituals in the Puranas, the history and rituals of the Maharashtrian place of pilgrimage, Pandharpur, religion and the Indian constitution, and the history of the discipline of the phenomenology of religions.