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Against the Modern World

Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century [Hardback]

by Mark Sedgwick (assistant Professor, History Department, Assistant Professor, History Department, American University In Cairo, Egypt)

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      Mark Sedgwick (assistant Professor, History Department, Assistant Professor, History Department, American University In Cairo, Egypt)

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Oxford University Press

    • Published

      June 2004

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      Product Description

      Against the Modern World is the first history of Traditionalism, an influential yet surprisingly little-known twentieth century anti-modernist movement. Involving a number of important, yet often secret, religious groups in the West and Islamic world, it affected mainstream and radical politics in Europe and religious studies in the United States. Emerging from the 'discovery' in the West of non-Western religious writings, at a time in the nineteeth century when progressive intellectuals had lost faith in the ability of Christianity to deliver religious and spiritual truth, it was fuelled by the widespread religious scepticism that followed World War I. It found its voice in Rene Guenon, a French writer who rejected modernity as a dark age, and sought to reconstruct the Perennial Philosophy - the fundamental truth uniting all the world's religions. Mark Sedgwick reveals how this pervasive intellectual movement helped shape major events in twentieth century religious life, politics and scholarship - all the while remaining invisible to outsiders.

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      • Author

        Mark Sedgwick (assistant Professor, History Department, Assistant Professor, History Department, American University In Cairo, Egypt)

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Oxford University Press

      • Published

        June 2004

      • Weight

        681g

      • Page Count

        384

      • Dimensions

        15.6 x 23.4 x 2.3 cm

      • ISBN

        9780195152975

      • ISBN-10

        0195152972

      • Eden Code

        1146831

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      • Author/Creator: Mark Sedgwick (assistant Professor, History Department, Assistant Professor, History Department, American University In Cairo, Egypt)

      • ISBN: 9780195152975

      • Publisher: Oxford University Press

      • Release Date: June 2004

      • Weight: 681g

      • Dimensions: 15.6 x 23.4 x 2.3 cm

      • Eden Code: 1146831

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