A Science for the Soul
Autor Treitelen Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 apr 2004
In A Science for the Soul, historian Corinna Treitel explores the appeal and significance of German occultism in all its varieties between the 1870s and the 1940s, locating its dynamism in the nation's struggle with modernization and the public's dissatisfaction with scientific materialism. Occultism, Treitel notes, served as a bridge between traditional religious beliefs and the values of an increasingly scientific, secular, and liberal society. Drawing on a wealth of archival materials, Treitel describes the individuals and groups who participated in the occult movement, reconstructs their organizational history, and examines the economic and social factors responsible for their success.
Building on this foundation, Treitel turns to the question of how Germans used the occult in three realms of practice: Theosophy, where occult studies were used to achieve spiritual enlightenment; the arts, where occult states of consciousness fueled the creative process of avant-garde painters, writers, and dancers; and the applied sciences, where professionals in psychology, law enforcement, engineering, and medicine employed occult techniques to solve characteristic problems of modernity. In conclusion, Treitel considers the conflicting meanings occultism held for contemporaries by focusing on the anti-spiritualist campaigns mounted by the national press, the Protestant and Catholic Churches, local and national governments, and the Nazi regime, which after years of alternating between affinity and antipathy for occultism, finally crushed the movement by 1945.
Throughout, A Science for the Soul examines German occultism in its broadest cultural setting as a key aspect of German modernism, offering new insights into how Germans met the challenge of pursuing meaningful lives in the modern age.
--Geoffrey Cocks, Albion College "Choice"
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780801878121
ISBN-10: 0801878128
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 14 halftones
Dimensiuni: 157 x 243 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.67 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Johns Hopkins University Press
Locul publicării:Baltimore, United States
ISBN-10: 0801878128
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 14 halftones
Dimensiuni: 157 x 243 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.67 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Johns Hopkins University Press
Locul publicării:Baltimore, United States