Philosophical Perspectives on Esotericism

This volume offers the first systematic philosophical study of esotericism and late modern philosophy. It addresses fundamental philosophical questions related to esotericism and reveals that esoteric ideas have had decisive impact on countless important philosophers, even if this fact has been neglected in contemporary philosophy.

Autorentext

Olli Pitkänen is a postdoctoral researcher (Academy of Finland, Esoteric Thought in Philosophy from the 19th Century to the Present 20222025) at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has authored several articles on German idealism, evil, and esotericism.

Inhalt

Editor's Introduction Olli Pitkänen Section 1: Substantial and Methodological Questions 1. Esoteric Endeavours in Philosophy Zsuzsanna Kondor 2. Philosophical Askesis as an Esoteric-Mystical Exercise Marina Christodoulou 3. Mystical Ensemble: (Re)Defining Mysticism Antti Piilola 4. (Meta-)Reflecting the Other: Peter Hamilton-Giles's Occult Philosophy Adas Dirys 5. The Intensification of Myth: Esotericism and Literature in Furio Jesi Emanuele Curcio Section 2: Historical Perspectives German Romanticism and Idealism 6. Kabbalah and Romanticism James Clow 7. Schelling, Hegel, and Esotericism Glenn Alexander Magee 8. Hegel and Levinas on the Notion of Esoteric Thought Stavros S. Panayiotou Post-Idealism, Phenomenology, Pragmatism 9. Gnosis and the Aporetic Notion of Truth: Heidegger and Meister Eckhart Erik Kuravsky 10. Cosmic Harmony and an Unseen Order: On Mysticism, Panpsychism, and Philosophical Temperaments in William James Sami Pihlström 11. The Starry Heavens Within: Roy Bhaskar and the Theosophical Depths of Critical Realism Jason nanda Josephson Storm 12. Materializing the Occult: Matter, Spirit, and Image in the Two Bergsons John Ó Maoilearca 13. A Phenomenology of the Esoteric: On "Soul" and "Time" Tareq Ayoub