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Book Review : A science for the soul: occultism and the genesis of the German Modern

Alexander C T Geppert

Med Hist July 1, 2006 DOI: 10.1017/s0025727300010218 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Historical analysis Peer reviewed
Key points Argues that occultism was central to the formation of German modernism and was not a marginal or anti-modern movement.

Abstract

Corinna Treitel, A science for the soul: occultism and the genesis of the German Modern, Baltimore and London, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004, pp. x, 366, illus., £33.00 (hardback 0-8018-7812-8). - Volume 50 Issue 3