New Approaches to the Study of Esotericism
Новые подходы к изучению эзотеризма
2020-10-27
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The academic study of esotericism is currently undergoing a phase of expansion and diversification. This is true whether we look at the topics, geographical regions, and subject languages of new research projects in the field, at the disciplines involved in its study, or the demographic composition of its scholars. The past decade has seen monographs, anthologies, and journal special issues on topics such as African-American esotericism (Finley, Guillory and Page, eds.,
Key Findings
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Esotericism research increasingly involves multiple academic disciplines rather than a single disciplinary approach.
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Recent publications have expanded coverage to topics including African-American esotericism.
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The abstract indicates a broader diversification of esotericism scholarship over the past decade through monographs, anthologies, and journal special issues.
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The academic study of esotericism is expanding and diversifying across research topics, geographical regions, and source languages.
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The field’s scholarly community is becoming more demographically diverse.
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academic study of esotericism
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the expansion and diversification of research topics, geographical regions, subject languages, disciplines, and scholar demographics in esotericism studies
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