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Modernism and the Occult

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  1. John Bramble

    1. Corpus Christi College, Oxford, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Empire and Occultism

    • John Bramble
    Pages 1-27

  3. Modernist Interworlds

    • John Bramble
    Pages 28-54

  4. Destruction-Creation: From Decadence to Dada

    • John Bramble
    Pages 55-80

  5. Call to Order, Occultist Geopolitics, Spirit Wars

    • John Bramble
    Pages 81-106

  6. ‘Zen’ in the Second Abstraction

    • John Bramble
    Pages 107-133

  7. Owning, Disowning and Trivializing the Occult

    • John Bramble
    Pages 134-144

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 145-178
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This study of modernism's high imperial, occult-exotic affiliations presents many well-known figures from the period 1880-1960 in a new light. Modernism and the Occult traces the history of modernist engagement with 'irregular', heterodox and imported knowledge.

Reviews

“Modernism and the Occult is comprehensive, making the fascination of modernist artists with the occult absolutely clear.” (Leigh Wilson, Magic Ritual and Witchcraft, Vol. 12 (2), 2017)

“Modernism and the Occult is a worthy read for those who are interested in the development of modernity, European high empire, modern art, and the occult and the influence of Eastern thought upon it. He has done a stellar job undertaking the difficult task of bringing disparate strands of phenomena and thought together to construct a very particular view of a fascinating part of the history of modernity.” (Della Campion, Reading Religion, readingreligion.org, October, 2017)

'Anyone wanting to understand modernism needs to read Bramble's book.' - Paul Edwards, Journal of Wyndham Lewis Studies

'A brilliant and revelatory study of the central importance for European modernism of the syncretism of Eastern and Western in the occult revivals during the age of the high European empires.' - Philip Hardie, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK

Authors and Affiliations

  • Corpus Christi College, Oxford, UK

    John Bramble

About the author

John Bramble, an Emeritus Fellow of Corpus Christi College Oxford, lectured in Classics at Oxford University, UK. His publications as a classicist include Persius and the Programmatic Satire (1974, reissued 2010), and contributions to The Cambridge History of Classical Literature Vol. 2 (1983). As a historian of mystical syncretism and religio-cultural mixing, he has contributed to The Subtle Body in Asia and the West (2013).

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