The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History - Couverture souple

Eliade, Mircea

 
9780691182971: The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0691182973 ISBN 13 : 9780691182971
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2018

Synopsis

First published in English in 1954, this founding work of the history of religions secured the North American reputation of the Romanian émigré-scholar Mircea Eliade. Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no fewer than half a dozen European languages, The Myth of the Eternal Return illuminates the religious beliefs and rituals of a wide variety of archaic religious cultures. While acknowledging that a return to their practices is impossible, Eliade passionately insists on the value of understanding their views to enrich the contemporary imagination of what it is to be human. This book includes an introduction from Jonathan Z. Smith that provides essential context and encourages readers to engage in an informed way with this classic text.

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À propos de l'auteur

Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) was the Sewell L. Avery Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago. His many books include Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy, Images and Symbols: Studies in Religious Symbolism, and Yoga: Immortality and Freedom (all Princeton). Jonathan Z. Smith (1938-2017) was the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor of the Humanities at the University of Chicago. He was the author of Imagining Religion: From Babylon to Jonestown and Relating Religion: Essays in the Study of Religion.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691182973
ISBN 13 
9780691182971
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
232
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9780691279305: The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History

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ISBN 10 :  0691279306 ISBN 13 :  9780691279305
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2026
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