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Antireductionist Approach
approach
Archaic Ontology
Author_Douglas Allen
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Coherent Structural Systems
Cosmogonic Myth
Creative Hermeneutics
critical analysis of Eliade's myth theories
cultural renewal philosophy
Deus Otiosus
Eastern European Peasants
eliade's
Eliade's Analysis
Eliade's Approach
Eliade's Formulation
Eliade's Interpretation
Eliade's Position
Eliade's Theory
Eliade's Writings
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formulations
Historical Conditionings
homo
Homo Religiosus
Homo Symbolicus
interpretation
Mircea Eliade
Modem Human Beings
Modem West
myth interpretation methods
Mythic Data
Mythic Phenomena
nonhistorical myth structures
phenomena
phenomenology
religiosus
religious
Religious Phenomena
religious studies theory
sacred and profane dynamics
symbolic language analysis
theory
Vice Versa
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415939393
- Weight: 730g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 26 Apr 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This multidisciplinary study is the first book devoted entirely to the critical interpretation of the writings of Mircea Eliade on myth. One of the most popular and influential historians and theorists of myth, Eliade argued that all myth is religious. Douglas Allen critically interprets Eliade's theories of religion, myth, and symbolism and analyses many of the controversial issues in Eliade's treatment of myth including whether Eliade's approach deals adequately with the relationship between myth and history and how Eliade's anti-modern perspective makes sense of myth in modern culture. A valuable resource for scholars in religious studies, philosophy, anthropology, and history, this book enables readers not only to understand "archaic" and "traditional" religious phenomena, but also to make sense of repressed and sublimated myth dimensions in modern secular life.
Douglas Allen is Professor and Chair of the Philosophy department at the University of Maine. He is the author of Structure and Creativity in Religion (1978) and Culture and Self: Philosophical and Religious Perspectives (1997).
