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The Myth of the Eternal Return

Cosmos and History

by Mircea Eliade

  • Paperback
  • 232 pages
  • Publisher: The University Press Group Ltd
  • 14.3 x 21.6 x 1.6 cm

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This founding work of the history of religions, first published in English in 1954, secured the North American reputation of the Romanian emigre-scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986). Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no less than half a dozen European languages, Eliade's The Myth of the Eternal Return makes both intelligible and compelling the religious expressions and activities of a wide variety of archaic and "primitive" religious cultures. While acknowledging that a return to the "archaic" is no longer possible, Eliade passionately insists on the value of understanding this view in order to enrich our contemporary imagination of what it is to be human. Jonathan Z. Smith's new introduction provides the contextual background to the book and presents a critical outline of Eliade's argument in a way that encourages readers to engage in an informed conversation with this classic text.
The Myth of the Eternal Return and A History of Religious Ideas From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries
A History of Religious Ideas From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian MysteriesThe Myth of the Eternal Return

  • Author

    Mircea Eliade

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    The University Press Group Ltd

  • Published

    April 2005

  • Weight

    273g

  • Page Count

    232

  • Dimensions

    14.3 x 21.6 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780691123509

  • ISBN-10

    0691123500

  • Eden Code

    4049474

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