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Esotericism in East Asia: Cultural Interpretation and Politics

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Contents\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nList of Illustrations vii\\\\r\\\\nAcknowledgments viii\\\\r\\\\nNote to the Reader x\\\\r\\\\nNotes on Contributors xi\\\\r\\\\nIntroduction: What Is “Esotericism” in East Asia? Historical and\\\\r\\\\nMethodological Perspectives 1\\\\r\\\\nChienhui Chuang, Sangyun Han, and Julian Strube\\\\r\\\\nPart 1 Naming and Framing the “Esoteric” and “Occult”\\\\r\\\\n1 Darkness, Strangeness, and Monstrosity: The Affectiveness of\\\\r\\\\nKaii in Japanese Studies of the “Occult” 33\\\\r\\\\nIoannis Gaitanidis\\\\r\\\\n2 Western Esotericism with Chinese Characteristics: Translations\\\\r\\\\nand Translators in the People’s Republic 53\\\\r\\\\nDavide Marino\\\\r\\\\n3 The Heresy of History: The Category of Gishi in Modern Japanese\\\\r\\\\n(Oc)culture 79\\\\r\\\\nOrion Klautau\\\\r\\\\n4 Who Talks About Esoteric Shinto, and Why? 105\\\\r\\\\nAvery Morrow\\\\r\\\\n5 For Now We See Through a Distorted Lens, Darkly: In Search of\\\\r\\\\nBuddhist Masters 125\\\\r\\\\nToshio Akai\\\\r\\\\n6 Delineating the “Esoteric”: The Development of the “Identity of\\\\r\\\\nthe Purport of Perfect and Esoteric Teachings” (enmitsu itchi) in\\\\r\\\\nMedieval Tendai Buddhism 153\\\\r\\\\nTakahiko Kameyama\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nPart 2 Reconfiguring Esotericism Through Politics and Transnationalism\\\\r\\\\n7 The Theosophical Movement and Asian Unity: Perspectives from\\\\r\\\\nPrewar China and Japan 175\\\\r\\\\nChienhui Chuang\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\n8 Japan’s Occult Monsters: Esotericism and the New Left in Post-\\\\r\\\\n1960s Japan 199\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nHidehiko Kurita\\\\r\\\\n9 The Transformation of Korean Tanhak Through Globalization: The\\\\r\\\\nNew Age Movement and the Worldwide Expansion of Dahn World 231\\\\r\\\\nMitsuaki Sassa\\\\r\\\\n10 The Healing Spirit in Korea 253\\\\r\\\\nJames Flowers\\\\r\\\\nNotes 285\\\\r\\\\nIndex 301

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306.695 Chi e

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London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)., 2026

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xi, 320 hlm. : 23,5 x 15 cm

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English

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978-1-350-55752-9

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306.695

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Occultism--East Asia
East Asia--Civilization
Religion and politics--East Asia

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