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Alan Pritchard Guest
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With my bibliometrics hat on, I carried out an analysis of theses in my bibliography (bear in mind I take a pretty broad view of alchemy): Decade Number of theses 1900s 3 1910s 2 1920s 12 1930s 11 1940s 9 1950s 19 1960s 15 1970s 51 1980s 36 1990s 41 2000s 85 (up to about mid-12006) |
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Alexander Guthrie Stewart Member
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From your home page it does seem that you take a wide view of Alchemy, nevertheless, does the large number of theses since 2000 represent more interest in Alchemy, or is it more to do with academic study of the various spiritual and occult subjects which get tied to Alchemy? |
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Alan Pritchard Guest
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Alexander Guthrie Stewart wrote: From your home page it does seem that you take a wide view of Alchemy, nevertheless, does the large number of theses since 2000 represent more interest in Alchemy, or is it more to do with academic study of the various spiritual and occult subjects which get tied to Alchemy? I'm not sure about the use of 'or' in your comment. I would suggest that 'and' would be more suitable. I am currently focussing on including these in the bibliography and when I have got as many as I can find, I will do another analysis. This time 2D. Decade by Type of study (Text, other core alchemy, closely related, backgound and alchemical influences & interpretations). I do not have access to Index to Theses or Dissertation Abstracts. If anyone can help, maybe they could contact me off-list. The probable quick answer is that, although there have been studies of texts (e.g. Grund), the growth has been in alchemical influences & interpretations. But IMO, this represents no less an interest in alchemy. Thanks for raisng the question. I will post the answer, as soon as I can. |
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