The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion

图书标准信息

• 作者 Mircea Eliade 著
• 出版社 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• 出版时间 2001-02
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780156792011
• 定价 111.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 256页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Anotedhistorianofreligiontracesmanifestationsofthesacredfromprimitivetomoderntimes,intermsofspace,time,natureandthecosmos,andlifeitself.Index.TranslatedbyWillardTrask.

【作者简介】

MirceaEliade(March13[O.S.February28]1907–April22,1986)wasaRomanianhistorianofreligion,fictionwriter,philosopher,andprofessorattheUniversityofChicago.Hewasaleadinginterpreterofreligiousexperience,whoestablishedparadigmsinreligiousstudiesthatpersisttothisday.Histheorythathierophaniesformthebasisofreligion,splittingthehumanexperienceofrealityintosacredandprofanespaceandtime,hasproveninfluential.OneofhismostinfluentialcontributionstoreligiousstudieswashistheoryofEternalReturn,whichholdsthatmythsandritualsdonotsimplycommemoratehierophanies,but,atleasttothemindsofthereligious,actuallyparticipateinthem.Inacademia,theEternalReturnhasbecomeoneofthemostwidelyacceptedwaysofunderstandingthepurposeofmythandritual.Hisliteraryworksbelongtothefantasyandautobiographicalgenres.ThebestknownarethenovelsMaitreyi("LaNuitBengali"or"BengalNights"),NoapteadeSanziene("TheForbiddenForest"),Isabelsiapelediavolului("IsabelandtheDevil'sWaters")andtheNoveloftheNearsightedAdolescent,thenovellasDomnisoaraChristina("MissChristina")andTineretefaratinerete("YouthWithoutYouth"),andtheshortstoriesSecretuldoctoruluiHonigberger("TheSecretofDr.Honigberger")andLaTiganci("WiththeGypsyGirls").Earlyinhislife,Eliadewasanotedjournalistandessayist,adiscipleofRomanianfarrightphilosopherandjournalistNaeIonescu,andmemberoftheliterarysocietyCriterion.HealsoservedasculturalattachétotheUnitedKingdomandPortugal.Severaltimesduringthelate1930s,EliadepubliclyexpressedhissupportfortheIronGuard,afascistandantisemiticpoliticalorganization.Hispoliticalinvolvementatthetime,aswellashisotherfarrightconnections,werethefrequenttopicofcriticismafterWorldWarII.Remarkableforhisvasterudition,Eliadehadfluentcommandoffivelanguages(Romanian,French,German,Italian,andEnglish)andareadingknowledgeofthreeothers(Hebrew,Persian,andSanskrit).HewaselectedaposthumousmemberoftheRomanianAcademy.

【目录】

INTRODUCTION

Sacred Space and Making the Worm Sacred

Sacred Time and Myths

The Sacredness of Nature and Cosmic Religion

Human Existence and Sanctified Life

CHRONOLOGICAL SURVEY  The "History o] Religions"

as a Branch o] Knowledge

SELECTED  BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX