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Romanian Anthropologists: Mircea Eliade, Lazar Saineanu, Constantin S. Nicolaescu-Plopsor, Camil Muresanu, Andrei Oisteanu, Henri H. Stahl |
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English |
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Paperback |
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132 |
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2010-09-14 |
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1155682009 |
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Books LLC |
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0.45 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.28 inches |
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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mircea Eliade, Lazăr Şăineanu, Constantin S. Nicolăescu-Plopşor, Camil Mureşanu, Andrei Oişteanu, Henri H. Stahl, Vintilă Mihăilescu, Michael M. Cernea. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Mircea Eliade (Romanian pronunciation: ; March 13 1907 April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who established paradigms in religious studies that persist to this day. His theory that hierophanies form the basis of religion, splitting the human experience of reality into sacred and profane space and time, has proved influential. One of his most influential contributions to religious studies was his theory of Eternal Return, which holds that myths and rituals do not simply commemorate hierophanies, but, at least to the minds of the religious, actually participate in them. In academia, the Eternal Return has become one of the most widely accepted ways of understanding the purpose of myth and ritual. His literary works belong to the fantasy and autobiographical genres. The best known are the novels Maitreyi ("La Nuit Bengali" or "Bengal Nights"), Noaptea de Sânziene ("The Forbidden Forest"), Isabel i apele diavolului ("Isabel and the Devil's Waters") and the Novel of the Nearsighted Adolescent, the novellas Domnioara Christina ("Miss Christina") and Tineree fr tineree ("Youth Without Youth"), and the short stories Secretul doctorului Honigberger ("The Secret of Dr. Honigberger") and La ignci ("With the Gypsy Girls"). Early in his life, Eliade was a noted journalist and essayist, a disciple of Romanian far right philosopher and journalist Nae Ionescu, and member of the literary society Criterion. He also served as cultural attaché...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=155406
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