“Higher Spiritual Culture”. The program and activity of the Polish Theosophical Society in the Cieszyn Silesia Cover Image
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„Wyższa kultura duchowa”. Program i działalność Polskiego Towarzystwa Teozoficznego na Śląsku Cieszyńskim (1919–1931)
“Higher Spiritual Culture”. The program and activity of the Polish Theosophical Society in the Cieszyn Silesia

Author(s): Kamila Gęsikowska
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural history, Sociology, Local History / Microhistory, Theology and Religion, Culture and social structure , Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Ethnic Minorities Studies, History of Religion
ISSN: 2719-9010
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Polish Theosophical Society in Cieszyn Silesia; Andrzej Kajfosz; cultural history; history of cultural institutions; history of Polish culture; history of theosophical movements
Summary/Abstract: The book is dedicated to the study of program and activity of the Polish Theosophical Society in Cieszyn Silesia during the years 1919 – 1931 (the period of its most intense, also publishing, activity). The society, for the most part of its existence, was situated on the Czechoslovakian side of the border, and formed by the local historical and cultural conditions; due to that it formulated a distinctive program of which central part was the idea of “higher spiritual culture.”

  • E-ISBN-13: 978-83-226-3995-5
  • Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-226-3994-8
  • Page Count: 454
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Language: Polish