The Glocalization of Esotericism: Guénonian Traditionalism in South America
This article traces the history of the South American reception of the work of the esoteric philosophers René Guénon and Julius Evola, and of the Maryami Sufi Order of Frithjof Schuon, focusing on Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru. It compares South American forms of Traditionalism with those found...
| Published in: | Nova religio |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Californiarnia Press
2022
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Nova religio
Year: 2022, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 35-58 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Guénon, René 1886-1951
/ Evola, Julius 1898-1974
/ Schuon, Frithjof 1907-1998
/ Maryamiyya
/ Reception
/ South America
/ Traditionalism
/ Globalization
/ Regional identity
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AF Geography of religion AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements BJ Islam KBR Latin America |
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Argentina
B Literature B René Guénon B Indigenous Peoples B Right B Traditionalism B Anthropology B Frithjof Schuon B Brazil B Julius Evola B Chile B Peru B Sufism B Philosophy |
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| Summary: | This article traces the history of the South American reception of the work of the esoteric philosophers René Guénon and Julius Evola, and of the Maryami Sufi Order of Frithjof Schuon, focusing on Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru. It compares South American forms of Traditionalism with those found elsewhere, primarily in Europe and North America, understanding differences between these in terms of "glocalization," the local adaptation of the global. Traditionalism in South America was most localized in its religio-political form, which was more important for the Right in South America than elsewhere, and least localized in its purely religious form, which was less significant in South America than elsewhere. The impact of Traditionalism in South American academia, notably in philosophy and anthropology, also reflects local conditions, as does an unusual interest in indigenous peoples. |
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| ISSN: | 1541-8480 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nova religio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/nr.2022.26.1.35 |