The Highest Common Factor: Heterodox Archaeology and the Perennialist Milieu
This article differentiates two universalist rhetorical strategies in common use among producers of alternative archaeological narratives: hyperdiffusionism and perennialism. Both strategies seek to account for perceived similarities in archaeological monuments worldwide by tracing them to a single...
| Published in: | Nova religio |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
University of Californiarnia Press
[2019]
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| In: |
Nova religio
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Archaeology
/ Findings
/ Similarity
/ Explanation
/ Spread of
/ Cultural contact
/ Philosophia perennis
/ Esotericism
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements HH Archaeology |
| Further subjects: | B
Perennialism
B alternative archaeology B cultic milieu B Reception History B hyperdiffusion |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | This article differentiates two universalist rhetorical strategies in common use among producers of alternative archaeological narratives: hyperdiffusionism and perennialism. Both strategies seek to account for perceived similarities in archaeological monuments worldwide by tracing them to a single ur-source. However, each takes a distinct epistemic position with respect to the identity of that source. Hyperdiffusionism and perennialism represent shifting ideological trends within the modern cultic milieu, and, therefore, noting the distinction is important in tracing the reception history of archaeological monuments and artifacts. |
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| ISSN: | 1541-8480 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nova religio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/nr.2019.22.4.27 |