Josephin Peladan

Esthetique, magie et politique

by Michela Gardini

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Extent: 208 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Literary Studies, Social Sciences 

Series: Etudes romantiques et dix-neuviemistes

Series volume number: 50

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(April 2015)

ISBN: 9782812431005

Price: $41.00

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Among the most singular figures of French decadentism, Josephin Peladan is distinguished by the eclecticism of his preoccupations and the syncretism of the diverse disciplines he draws on. This work returns to his thought and shows how aesthetics, magic, and politics nourish his work and his life.


Among the most singular figures of French decadentism, Josephin Peladan is distinguished by the eclecticism of his preoccupations and the syncretism of the diverse disciplines he draws on. This work returns to his thought and shows how aesthetics, magic, and politics nourish his work and his life.

  • By (author) Michela Gardini

Review - French Parmi les figures les plus singulieres du decadentisme francais, Josephin Peladan (1858-1918) se distingue par l'eclectisme de ses preoccupations et par le syncretisme des divers savoirs qu'il mobilise. Il se met en scene dans son oeuvre, ou son double, le mage Merodack, est feru de science, de religion et d'esoterisme. Pour Peladan comme pour Merodack, la magie, comprise comme une activite redemptrice permettant d'echapper a l'uniformite des masses democratiques, est une pratique sublimatoire fortement elitiste. Son imaginaire et sa culture se diffusent au XXsiecle, de facon souvent inattendue, chez diverses ecrivains, artistes et penseurs de droite.