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I found this book to be concise and well-articulated. Interesting discussion of the Eranos group and how the three scholars had a fairly distinct view of religion rooted a broad array of German philosophers and writers, including Shelling, Cusa, Hamann, Jung, and Heidegger, all of whom influenced their romantic conception of mythology. The three scholars discussed emphasized mythology over religous law and placed the symbolism and mystical experience in a central role of religious experience, minimizing historicism. Wasserstrom also calls attention to the Eranos scholar's (excluding Scholem) personal esoteric beliefs and experiences with esoteric groups. Fascinating scholarship.
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RELIGION AFTER RELIGION
RELIGION AFTER RELIGION
GERSHOM SCHOLEM, MIRCEA ELIADE, A N D H E N R Y C O R B I N AT E R A N O S
Steven M. Wasserstrom
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
Copyright q 1999 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, Chichester, West Sussex All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wasserstrom, Steven M. Religion after religion : Gershom Scholem, Mircea Eliade, and Henry Corbin at Eranos / Steven M. Wasserstrom. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-691-00539-7 (cl : alk. paper). — ISBN 0-691-00540-0 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Religion—Philosophy—History—20th century. 2. Scholem, Gershom Gerhard, 1897– . 3. Eliade, Mircea, 1907– . 4. Corbin, Henry. I. Title. BL51.W225 1999 2008.782—dc21 99-24174 This book has been composed in Galliard The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper) http://pup.princeton.edu Printed in the United States of America 1