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The myth of the eternal return;

Author: Mircea Eliade
Publisher: [New York] Pantheon Books [©1954]
Series: Bollingen series., 46.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986.
Myth of the eternal return.
[New York] Pantheon Books [c1954]
(OCoLC)651958182
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Mircea Eliade
OCLC Number: 848294
Description: 195 p. 25 cm.
Contents: Archetypes and repetition: The problem; Celestial archetypes of territories, temples, and cities; The symbolism of the center; Repetition of the cosmogony; Divine models of rituals; Archetypes of profane activities; Myths and history. --
The regeneration of time: Year, new year, cosmogony; Periodicity of the creation; Continuous regeneration of time. --
Misfortune and history: Normality of suffering; History regarded as theophany; Cosmis cycles and history; Destiny and history. --
The terror of history: Survival of the myth of eternal return; The difficulties of historicism; Freedom and history; Despair or faith.
Series Title: Bollingen series., 46.
Other Titles: Mythe de l'éternel retour.
Responsibility: translated from the French by Willard R. Trask.

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