dc.contributor.author | Asprem, Egil | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-07T11:14:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-07T11:14:30Z | |
dc.date.created | 2014-11-20T12:53:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Correspondences: Online Journal for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism. 2014, 3-33. | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 2053-7158 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2627175 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article has two main objectives: 1) to account for the relation between definitions, boundaries and comparison in the study of “esotericism” in a systematic manner; 2) to argue for an expansion of comparative research methods in this field. The argument proceeds in three steps. First it is argued that a process of academic boundary-work has been instrumental in delimiting esotericism as a historical category. Second, a Lakatosian “rational reconstruction” of competing “research programmes” is provided to clarify the relationship between views on definition, boundaries and comparison. Third, a typology of different comparative methods is constructed along two axes: a homological-analogical axis distinguishes between comparison based on shared genealogy (homology) versus purely structural or functional comparisons (analogy), while a synchronic-diachronic axis picks out a temporal dimension. Historical research programmes have typically endorsed homological comparison, while analogical comparison has remained suspect. This limitation is shown to be entirely arbitrary from a methodological point of view. It is argued that a reconsideration of analogical comparison has the promise of shedding new light on fundamental problems and must be a part of the ongoing theoretical reorientations in the field. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.rights | Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Beyond the West: Towards a New Comparativism in the Study of Esotericism | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | nb_NO |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | nb_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | 3-33 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | Correspondences: Online Journal for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1175155 | |
dc.description.localcode | © 2014 Egil Asprem. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. | nb_NO |
cristin.unitcode | 194,62,70,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Institutt for filosofi og religionsvitenskap | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |