(Nie)zwykły obszar badawczy. Środowisko naukowe wobec badań nad ezoteryzmem i alternatywną duchowością – z perspektywy badaczy
An (un)usual research area. The scientific environment towards research on esoterism and alternative spirituality – from the perspective of researchers

Summary/Abstract: Scientific research covers more and more areas of the socio-cultural world. One of them is Western esotericism.Conceptualized by some in terms of rejected knowledge, it is returning to the domain of science after centuriesof exclusion, but this time as an area of research. As the literature on the subject indicates, it may seem that itis not just another subject to explore. The exclusion of esotericism seems to also affect the people who studyit. On the other hand, however, the research area is becoming institutionalized, a new association bringingtogether researchers of esotericism is being established, and the number of publications and conferences isgrowing. In order to verify the attitudes of the academic community towards researchers exploring Westernesotericism and alternative spirituality in the humanities and social sciences, a study was undertaken. ThePolish scientists were asked questions about their experience of prejudice, depreciation, lower prestige, ordifficulties in obtaining a research grant related to their domain of research. The article presents an analysisof the answers to the above presented questions.

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