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Confronting Dostoevsky's Demons anarchism and the specter of Bakunin in twentieth-century Russia / by Goodwin, James, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Dostoevsky's demons as polemic -- "The worse, the better ...": Dostoevsky's demons and the politics of despair -- Demons and the "Bakuninist" context of the Bolshevik Revolution -- Leonid Grossman's art of scholarly provocation -- In defense of Bakunin: Aleksei Borovoi and the anarchist conception of demons -- Viacheslav Polonsky and the Marxist struggle over Bakunin's legacy -- Suppressing demons in Stalin's Russia.…”
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The art of subversion in inquisitorial Spain Rojas and Delicado / by Fontes, Manuel da Costa

Table of Contents: “…The converso problem -- Repression and artistic expression -- The idea of "limpieza" in Celestina, La lozana andaluza, and other literary works -- Celestina as an antithesis of the blessed mother -- Christian prayer and dogma in Celestina : the polemic continues -- "Sailing," Renaissance Rome, and exile in La lozana andaluza : an allegorical reading -- The Holy Trinity and the Annunciation in La lozana andaluza -- Rojas, Delicado, and the art of subversion.…”
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Locations of knowledge in medieval and early modern Europe esoteric discourse and Western identities / by Stuckrad, Kocku von, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…-- The two-fold pluralism -- The polemical construction of tradition -- The construction of Prisca Theologia -- Genealogies of wisdom -- Jewish perspectives -- Beyond tradition -- Conceptualizing the study of esoteric discourse -- Approaches to esotericism -- Secrecy as social capital -- Discourses of perfect knowledge -- Shared passions -- The secrets of experience : wisdom beyond demonstration -- Neoplatonism and theurgy in late antiquity -- Experiential knowledge in Suhrawardi's illuminationist philosophy -- The secrets of texts : esoteric hermeneutics -- The readability of the cosmos : Europe's obsession with words -- The textile of the divine in early Kabbalah -- Linguistic ontologies in Christian Kabbalah -- Humanistic philology : universal languages and the quest for the Ursprache -- The secrets of time : astrology and sacred history -- Critical response to ancient traditions : medieval Arabic astrology -- Sharing Muslim knowledge : Christian astrology -- Interferences -- Scientific encounters -- "Occult sciences" : the science-religion divide revisited -- John Dee : a scholar gone mad? …”
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