Artists as truth-seekers: Focusing on agency and seekership in the study of art and occulture
This article focuses on the concept of the seeker and considers how the analytical tool of seekership, defined and developed in the sociology of religion, could be applied to the study of art and esotericism. The theoretical argument is made more tangible with the example of the Finnish artist Aksel...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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[2021]
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Approaching religion
Έτος: 2021, Τόμος: 11, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 4-27 |
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Gallen-Kallela, Akseli 1865-1931
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| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | AD Κοινωνιολογία της θρησκείας, Πολιτική της θρησκείας ΑΕ Ψυχολογία της θρησκείας AG Θρησκευτική ζωή, Υλική θρησκεία ΑΖ Νέες θρησκείες KBE Βόρεια Ευρώπη, Σκανδιναβία |
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Occulture
B Spirituality B Esotericism B New Age B fin-de-siécle art B seekership B Akseli Gallen-Kallela B sociology of religion B Seekers B Occultism |
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| Σύνοψη: | This article focuses on the concept of the seeker and considers how the analytical tool of seekership, defined and developed in the sociology of religion, could be applied to the study of art and esotericism. The theoretical argument is made more tangible with the example of the Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931), whose life story, art and writings resonate with the concept of seekership. The ways in which Gallen-Kallela writes about his interest in esotericism and the dawn of the new age appear in a new light; as part of the processes of a spiritualisation of modern art and religiosity. In addition, the article points out that the concept of seekership can offer new possibilities more generally for the study of art and esotericism. Utilising the analytical tool of seekership may be especially helpful regarding those artists who did not subscribe to any esoteric movement or doctrine, but stressed a more individual relationship with the occulture of their time. It will also provide an opportunity to outline how the connections between art and esotericism have changed over different times and places. |
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| ISSN: | 1799-3121 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Approaching religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30664/ar.98310 |