ISBN: 9780875803449

The occult sciences have attracted followers and fascinated observers since the middle ages. Beyond Enlightenment examines the social, political, and metaphysical doctrines of Martinism, … Mehr…

The occult sciences have attracted followers and fascinated observers since the middle ages. Beyond Enlightenment examines the social, political, and metaphysical doctrines of Martinism, a French occultist movement and offshoot of Freemasonry that flourished from the late eighteenth century to the dawn of the twentieth century. The French Revolution and the disorder that followed it convinced Martinists that modern society was on the wrong path. For guidance they looked back not to the corrupt Old Regime but rather to a lost golden age of mankind that existed only in their imagination. The Martinists were closely engaged in the political events of their times, and rightly or wrongly, they earned a reputation for secret intrigue and ubiquitous hidden influence. David Allen Harvey focuses on the Martinists themselves, recreating their own social and political views. He traces the birth of Martinism during the Enlightenment, its revival in the fin de si\u00e8cle, and the late nineteenth-century formation of a distinctly Martinist project-the synarchy-aimed at the social and political renewal of France and the greater world. The Martinist doctrines formed a unique synthesis of Enlightenment and counter-Enlightenment thought. Harvey maintains that Martinists were a peaceful, esoteric society that rejected both secular materialism and dogmatic Catholicism, seeking to reveal the hand of Providence in history, discover divinely inspired laws of social and political organizations, and enact the kingdom of heaven on earth. Seeking to explore and analyze the ""irrational"" side of the ""Age of Reason,"" Beyond Enlightenment is a welcome addition to recent studies of esoteric movements. Historians of culture, religion, and politics in post-Revolutionary France, as well as historians of esotericism and alternative religions will be interested in this engaging and revealing study. | BEYOND ENLIGHTENMENT by David Allen Harvey Paper over Board | Indigo Chapters Books > Philosophy > Epistemology > Empiricism P10105, David Allen Harvey<

2005, ISBN: 9780875803449

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Northern Illinois University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: 1, 275 Seiten, Publiziert: 2005-07-14T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: Illustrations, 1.21 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4509090, Westlich, Geschichte & Denkschulen, Philosophie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Film, Kunst & Kultur, Frankreich, Europa, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Sozialhilfe, Gesellschaft, Literatur & Belletristik, Religion & Glaube, Übersinnliches & Okkultismus, Esoterik, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Featured Categories, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4901, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_0, Special Features Stores, Northern Illinois University Press, 2005<

ISBN: 9780875803449

Hardback, [PU: Cornell University Press], An addition to studies of esoteric movements, this book examines the political and metaphysical doctrines of Martinism, a French occultist moveme… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: Cornell University Press], An addition to studies of esoteric movements, this book examines the political and metaphysical doctrines of Martinism, a French occultist movement and offshoot of Freemasonry that flourished from the late eighteenth century to the dawn of the twentieth century. It is useful to historians of culture and politics in post-Revolutionary France., Social Groups: Clubs & Societies<

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