by Mircea Eliade · Gallimard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070326334
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La nostalgie des origines is an essay by the Romanian historian of religions Mircea Eliade, published in 1991. In it, Eliade explores the concept of nostalgia as a universal longing for a primordial state of perfection and unity. He analyzes how this longing manifests itself in various cultures and religions through myths, rituals, and symbols. The book examines the human search for meaning and transcendence, as well as the tension between profane time and sacred time.
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.
