Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Filippani-Ronconi on Corbin, again
It was recently pointed out to me, to my horror, that the following paragraph which I posted earlier can perhaps be misconstrued by those who do not know Corbin's work:
For those attending to the right-wing and fascist connections of various strands of esotericism in the 20th century this article will be of interest. "HENRY CORBIN: A man and a work" by Pio Filippani-Ronconi East and West Vol. 4, No. 4 (JANUARY 1954) (pp. 259-262). (This illustrated piece is available via jstor for those with a connection).
That there is a connection between some exponents of "esotericism" and right wing ideology is well known. As I have made abundantly clear in my writings on Henry Corbin there is nothing whatever in his work that suggests that he was in any way sympathetic to such ideologies. To the contrary, his work provides a profoundly important antidote to such views. I only noted Filippani-Ronconi's essay because I think of this blog as a repository for any material that is relevant to Corbin and his concerns, and source material for the study of his work. It simply never occurred to me that anyone might understand the reference as a suggestion that Corbin had such fascist leanings himself. My apologies to those readers of this blog who were, rightly I think, offended by the possible misunderstandings this post may have caused.
For those attending to the right-wing and fascist connections of various strands of esotericism in the 20th century this article will be of interest. "HENRY CORBIN: A man and a work" by Pio Filippani-Ronconi East and West Vol. 4, No. 4 (JANUARY 1954) (pp. 259-262). (This illustrated piece is available via jstor for those with a connection).
That there is a connection between some exponents of "esotericism" and right wing ideology is well known. As I have made abundantly clear in my writings on Henry Corbin there is nothing whatever in his work that suggests that he was in any way sympathetic to such ideologies. To the contrary, his work provides a profoundly important antidote to such views. I only noted Filippani-Ronconi's essay because I think of this blog as a repository for any material that is relevant to Corbin and his concerns, and source material for the study of his work. It simply never occurred to me that anyone might understand the reference as a suggestion that Corbin had such fascist leanings himself. My apologies to those readers of this blog who were, rightly I think, offended by the possible misunderstandings this post may have caused.
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For all those who want to understand something about our eminent Orientalist Pio Filippani Ronconi, please refer to the book 'L'orientalista guerriero. Omaggio a Pio Filippani-Ronconi' by Gianfranco De Turris, Angelo Iacovella. Regards.
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