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The Myth of the Eternal Return or, Cosmos and History

Mircea Eliade

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Description: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 (1907-86). Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures & drawing on scholarship published in no less than half a dozen European languages, Eliade's "The Myth of the Eternal Return makes both intelligible & compelling the religious expressions & activities of a wide variety of archaic & "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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Myth of the Eternal Return or, Cosmos and History. To get started finding The Myth of the Eternal Return or, Cosmos and History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 316

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: N/A

Release: 1949

ISBN: 0691017778

Description: 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 (1907-86). Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures & drawing on scholarship published in no less than half a dozen European languages, Eliade's "The Myth of the Eternal Return makes both intelligible & compelling the religious expressions & activities of a wide variety of archaic & "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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Myth of the Eternal Return or, Cosmos and History. To get started finding The Myth of the Eternal Return or, Cosmos and History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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