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Zachodnia tradycja ezoteryczna jako obiekt badań socjologicznych: historia i perspektywy

Publication date: 20.12.2019

Studia Religiologica, 2019, Volume 52, Issue 4, pp. 265 - 276

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844077SR.19.019.11626

Authors

Andrzej Kasperek
University of Silesia in Katowice
, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1466-5153 Orcid
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Zachodnia tradycja ezoteryczna jako obiekt badań socjologicznych: historia i perspektywy

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.

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Information: Studia Religiologica, 2019, Volume 52, Issue 4, pp. 265 - 276

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Zachodnia tradycja ezoteryczna jako obiekt badań socjologicznych: historia i perspektywy

English:

The Western Esoteric Tradition as an Object of Sociological Studies: History and Prospects

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1466-5153

Andrzej Kasperek
University of Silesia in Katowice
, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1466-5153 Orcid
All publications →

University of Silesia in Katowice
Poland

Published at: 20.12.2019

Article status: Open

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