Recent Academic Research on Esotericism in the Balkans

In this paper I offer a concise analysis of contemporary scholarship on esotericism in the countries of former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. After a brief historical contextualization, I examine the development and principal features of this scholarship over the last three decades. My main argument is th...

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1. VerfasserIn: Putnik, Noel (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2023
In: Aries
Jahr: 2023, Band: 23, Heft: 1, Seiten: 23-38
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Balkanhalbinsel / Esoterik / Forschung / Geschichte 2000-2023
IxTheo Notationen:AZ Neue Religionen
KBK Osteuropa
TK Neueste Zeit
weitere Schlagwörter:B former Yugoslavia
B esotericism studies
B Academia
B Bulgaria
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper I offer a concise analysis of contemporary scholarship on esotericism in the countries of former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. After a brief historical contextualization, I examine the development and principal features of this scholarship over the last three decades. My main argument is that, due to various historical reasons, there is a stark discrepancy between the abundant presence of esoteric ideas and practices in these countries and the extent of specialized scholarship dealing with them. I also suggest that there is an uneven development of esotericism studies across the region, but that these studies are gradually finding their place in South Slavic academia.
ISSN:1570-0593
Enthält:Enthalten in: Aries
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700593-02301002