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Mircea Eliade
AuthorBooks · Second hand1907-1986
Mircea Eliade was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. One of the most influential scholars of religion of the 20th century and interpreter of religious experience, he established paradigms in religious studies. 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 instrumental contributions to religious studies was his theory of eternal return, which holds that myths and rituals do not simply commemorate hierophanies, but actually participate in them.
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1907
Death
1986
Mircea Eliade was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. One of the most influential scholars of religion of the 20th century and interpreter of religious experience, he established paradigms in religious studies. 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 instrumental contributions to religious studies was his theory of eternal return, which holds that myths and rituals do not simply commemorate hierophanies, but actually participate in them.
Mircea Eliade was a prolific Romanian thinker who excelled as a historian of religions and a novelist.
His most renowned work, The Myth of the Eternal Return, explores the relationship between archetypes and repetition in history.
Throughout his life, Eliade held an impressive variety of professions, ranging from diplomat to indologist.
With a bibliography spanning over 300 works, his intellectual legacy remains fundamental to understanding mythology.
Born in Bucharest in 1907, he developed his academic and literary career in several countries, including the United States.
