658. Too Far Left? Traditionalism, New Age Myths, and Embodiment in a Shifting World – with Mark Sedgwick

Professor Sedgwick joins me to explain the primordial tradition, the perennial tradition, why we’re not getting to Star Trek, traditionalism, Kali Yuga, Rene Genon, the meaning crisis, Sufism, the sacred ideas of modernity, racism and caste, the body and materialism, “new age” beliefs, when you’re too far left, gender, and exoteric vs esoteric. A super deep and fascinatingly philosophical one.

Find out more about Mark Sedgwick here: Mark Sedgwick — Aarhus University (au.dk)

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Mark Sedgwick is a professor of Arab and Islamic Studies in the department for the Study of Religion in the School of Culture and Society at Aarhus University, Denmark. He trained as a historian at the Universities of Oxford and Bergen, and taught for many years at the American University in Cairo. At Aarhus, he is the coordinator of the Arab and Islamic Studies Research Network (ICSRU). He is also the chair of the Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies and president of the European Network for the Study of Islam and Esotericism.

Mark’s research focuses on junctions for the transfer of religions and traditions in the late pre-modern and modern periods. His most recent book is Traditionalism: The Radical Project for Restoring Sacred Order (London: Pelican; New York: Oxford University Press, 2023). See the YouTube video here.

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