The myth of the eternal return, or, Cosmos and history

Author(s)

• Eliade, Mircea

Bibliographic Information

The myth of the eternal return, or, Cosmos and history

Mircea Eliade ; translated from the French by Willard R. Trask

Arkana, 1989, c1954

Uniform Title

Mythe de l'eternel retour

Note

Originally published: New York : Pantheon, 1954

Bibliography: p. 165-174 - Includes index

Translation of: Le mythe de l'eternel retour

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The author's thesis is that ancient man envisaged events not as constituting a linear, progressive history, but simply as so many creative responses to primordial archetypes. The renowned author has also written "Shamanism" and "Yoga".

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Details

• NCID: BA19460101
• ISBN:
  • 0140191771
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 193 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 901
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Historiology. Philosophical perspectives