by Mircea Eliade · EDITORIAL LABOR SA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433500533
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The Sacred and the Profane is an essay by the historian of religions Mircea Eliade, originally published in German in 1957 under the title 'Das Heilige und das Profane'. In this work, Eliade explores the relationship between the sacred and the profane as two modalities of existential experience, analyzing how the human being is situated in the world through these two dimensions. The book examines the manifestations of the sacred in various cultures and religions, as well as its impact on daily life and the perception of space and time.
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.
