The “right way” of Hermetism: disputes on Gnostic’s, Pagan’s and Christian’s (re-)visions of the Hermetic phonomenon in late antiquity
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2012
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Edições Universitárias Lusófonas
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O presente artigo propõe uma análise do fenómeno denominado “hermetismo” pelo viés de sua recepção e reprodução na sociedade antiga. Através do estudo da circularidade textual propomos uma compreensão do processo que transformou os discursos herméticos filosóficos como instrumentos de discursos sociais bem específicos. Os discursos herméticos são aqui compreendidos como o resultado de uma produção: tendo sido compostos por homens e propostos a homens é de grande relevância identificarmos as intensões presentes por trás da produção do texto. O principal objectivo desse trabalho é, portanto, demonstrar como são dinâmicas as forças que dialogam nesse processo de recepção, interpretação e difusão dos hermetica a ponto dessa literatura ser dragada para um contexto de mobilização social, mediante suas diferentes interpretações pelos respectivos grupos sociais que se apropriam dela.
This paper aims to understand the phenomenon of Hermetism though the perspective of its process of reception and reproduction in society. It will explore the phenomenon that was the transformation of the Hermetica into a social discourse. The so-called technical and philosophical Hermetica are texts. A text is the result of a production: it is composed by men, and addressed to men. It is important to consider the intentions and values present in a text’s production, and to understand that its process of reception and reproduction in society are, in fact, complex and dynamic. A text must be viewed as not being simply a reflection of the society into which it is inserted, but rather as an active form of social mobilization. After a text’s production, it is presented to a society where different groups can participate in its process of reception and reproduction, or “textual circularity”. Then, different interpretations concerning the texts’ intentions can be proposed to society throughout the process of debatemic.
This paper aims to understand the phenomenon of Hermetism though the perspective of its process of reception and reproduction in society. It will explore the phenomenon that was the transformation of the Hermetica into a social discourse. The so-called technical and philosophical Hermetica are texts. A text is the result of a production: it is composed by men, and addressed to men. It is important to consider the intentions and values present in a text’s production, and to understand that its process of reception and reproduction in society are, in fact, complex and dynamic. A text must be viewed as not being simply a reflection of the society into which it is inserted, but rather as an active form of social mobilization. After a text’s production, it is presented to a society where different groups can participate in its process of reception and reproduction, or “textual circularity”. Then, different interpretations concerning the texts’ intentions can be proposed to society throughout the process of debatemic.
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Revista Lusófona de Ciência das Religiões
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RELIGIÃO, FILOSOFIA DA RELIGIÃO, HERMETISMO, PAGANISMO, GNOSTICISMO, CRISTIANISMO, RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION, HERMETICISM, PAGANISM, GNOSTICISM, CHRISTIANISM
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Pereira , R G G 2012 , ' The “right way” of Hermetism: disputes on Gnostic’s, Pagan’s and Christian’s (re-)visions of the Hermetic phonomenon in late antiquity ' , Revista Lusófona de Ciência das Religiões .