by Mircea Eliade · Viena · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483306055
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Maitreyi: o la nit Bengalina is a love story between the young Mircea Eliade and a teenage Indian poet. The novel evokes the unrepeatable experience of first love and the fascination produced by the discovery of another culture, even when the differences are insurmountable. This edition belongs to the 'El cercle de Viena' collection.
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.
