Le sacré et le profane
By: Mircea Eliade.
Series: Idées
Publisher: Gallimard
Published: 1965
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Religion.
Description: Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man compares with that of the nonreligious. This book serves as an excellent introduction to the history of religion, but its perspective also emcompasses philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and psychology. It will appeal to anyone seeking to discover the potential dimensions of human existence. -- P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Cet ouvrage a été publié originellement dans la Rowohlts Deutsche Enzyklopälie, dirigée par Ernesto Grassi, sous le titre "Das Heilige und das Profane".

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