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The Myth of the Eternal Return : Cosmos and History (Princeton Classic Editions)
The Myth of the Eternal Return Cosmos and History - Princeton Classic Editions
Author: Mircea Eliade
This founding work of the history of religions, first published in English in 1954, secured the North American reputation of the Romanian émigré-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 T...  more » 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.
ISBN-13: 9780691123509
ISBN-10: 0691123500
Publication Date: 4/18/2005
Pages: 232
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Publisher: Bollingen
Book Type: Paperback
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I have read this and truly love the work. i have been looking over all of Eliade's work and think him a very gifted scholar. I work in a Native American College, and use much Native thought in what I do. The portions and basis in this text helps people understand what Native people do, and why we do it.
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