by Mircea Eliade · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420636078
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«El mito del eterno retorno» is the philosophical essay by Mircea Eliade, published by Alianza in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).
The essay is an introduction to the philosophy of history centred on the myths and beliefs of traditional societies. Mircea Eliade analyses the nostalgia for origins and resistance to linear time: archetypes and repetition deny history and progress, revealing an archaic ontology and a metaphysical valuation of human existence.
This 2004 edition belongs to the El Libro de Bolsillo - Filosofía collection, number 4413; translation by Ricardo Anaya.
For readers interested in the philosophy of history, anthropology and the history of religions.
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.
