THE CONCEPTION OF MIRCEA ELIADE ON THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CULTURES
THE CONCEPTION OF MIRCEA ELIADE ON THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CULTURES

Summary/Abstract: Leader of the generation of young writers and intellectuals in Romania during the interwar period, Mircea Eliade has become to be known worldwide as a theoretician and historian of the religious phenomenon. Brilliantly illustrating the history of religions through fundamental works, Eliade considered that the systematic study of religious ideas from pre-modern and extra-European societies made an important contribution to overcoming European-centered outlooks and building a more adequate image of the relation between specific and universal in culture. Through the progress made in the last century, when communication between cultures expanded, the history of religions facilitated the mutual knowledge of cultures and thus partook in the reconstruction of the ”global universe”, a process highlighting the contributions of all cultures to the heritage of humanity.

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