@article{bfcd5832-ae66-49ff-8e0b-3d42c75bb0c9, author = {Andrzej Kasperek}, title = {Zachodnia tradycja ezoteryczna jako obiekt badań socjologicznych: historia i perspektywy}, journal = {Studia Religiologica}, volume = {2019}, number = {Tom 52, Numer 4}, year = {2019}, issn = {0137-2432}, pages = {265-276},keywords = {socjologia ezoteryzmu; tradycja zachodniego ezoteryzmu; kontrkultura; widzialność; uznanie / sociology of esotericism; Western esoteric tradition; counterculture; visibility; recognition}, abstract = {The Western Esoteric Tradition as an Object of Sociological Studies: History and Prospects The article is aimed at presenting a particular way of developing sociological reflection upon the tradition of Western esotericism in the categories of counterculture. The author makes an attempt to indicate the significance of practicing this reflection within a separate sociological subdiscipline – the sociology of esotericism. The study consists of two parts: the first comprises a reconstruction of the sociological perspective in the research into Western esoteric tradition, while in the second, a certain way of practising sociology of esotericism is suggested, one focussing on the notions of visibility and recognition.}, doi = {10.4467/20844077SR.19.019.11626}, url = {https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-religiologica/artykul/zachodnia-tradycja-ezoteryczna-jako-obiekt-badan-socjologicznych-historia-i-perspektywy} }