This volume examines the relationship between occultism and Surrealism, specifically exploring the reception and appropriation of occult thought, motifs, tropes and techniques by Surrealist artists and writers in Europe and the Americas, from the 1920s through the 1960s. Its central focus is the specific use of occultism as a site of political and social resistance, ideological contestation, subversion and revolution. Additional focus is placed on the ways occultism was implicated in Surrealist discourses on identity, gender, sexuality, utopianism and radicalism.

About the Author

Tessel M. Bauduin is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the University of Amsterdam.

Victoria Ferentinou is assistant professor at the University of Ioannina.

Daniel Zamani is a PhD student at Trinity College, University of Cambridge and an assistant curator at the Stadel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.

Reviews

"The various essays shed light on how esoteric/occult ideas, assumptions, and intuitions evolved within and through surrealist artistic creations. The book presents a fine collection of original scholarship. Recommended to those interested in the intersection of art and alternative religiosity."

--Religious Studies Review

Book Information
ISBN 9780367470494
Author Tessel M. Bauduin
Format Paperback
Page Count 290
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 620g