MIRCEA ELIADE BETWEEN AUTOCHTHONISM AND EUROPEANISM
MIRCEA ELIADE BETWEEN AUTOCHTHONISM AND EUROPEANISM
Author(s): Adrian-Claudiu StoicaSubject(s): Nationalism Studies, Eastern Orthodoxy, History of Religion, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: autochthonism; Europeanism; nationalism; national identity; Western European model; Orthodoxy; Romanian values; history of religion;
Summary/Abstract: Mircea Eliade was a historian of religions, a philosopher as well as a writer. He taught philosophy and history of religions at the University of Bucharest, the Ecole pratique des hautes études in Paris and the University of Chicago. As a diplomat, he served as cultural attaché at the Romanian Embassy in London and the Romanian Legation in Lisbon. He never returned to the country after the communist regime was established in Romania. His studies and syntheses are characterized by an original view on the relationship between sacred and profane. He made an outstanding contribution to the history of religions, mythology, shamanism and symbolism.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 133-139
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English