by Mircea Eliade · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420653365
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The Myth of the Eternal Return: Archetypes and Repetition is a work by the renowned author Mircea Eliade, published by Alianza Editorial. This book is an original introduction to the Philosophy of History, exploring the myths and beliefs of traditional societies. Eliade analyzes how these societies were driven by the nostalgia of returning to the origins, rebelling against concrete time. The key categories in this negation of history are archetypes and repetition, tools to reject linear sequences and the idea of progress. Essentially, there is a metaphysical valuation of human existence, an archaic ontology that philosophical anthropology must consider on an equal footing with the conceptions of Western culture.
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.
