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By Douglas Allen

This multidisciplinary examine is the 1st publication committed fullyyt to the severe interpretation of the writings of Mircea Eliade on delusion. probably the most well known and influential historians and theorists of fable, Eliade argued that each one delusion is non secular. Douglas Allen severely translates Eliade's theories of faith, fantasy, and symbolism and analyses a few of the debatable matters in Eliade's therapy of fantasy together with no matter if Eliade's strategy offers correctly with the connection among fable and historical past and the way Eliade's anti-modern point of view is sensible of delusion in glossy tradition. A priceless source for students in non secular reviews, philosophy, anthropology, and heritage, this ebook permits readers not just to appreciate 'archaic' and 'traditional' spiritual phenomena, but additionally to make feel of repressed and sublimated fable dimensions in glossy secular life.

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