Paperback, 232 pages
English language
Published May 8, 2005 by Princeton University Press.
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The "eternal return" is an idea for interpreting religious behavior proposed by the historian Mircea Eliade; it is a belief expressed through behavior (sometimes implicitly, but often explicitly) that one is able to become contemporary with or return to the "mythical age"—the time when the events described in one's myths occurred. It should be distinguished from the philosophical concept of eternal return.
Subjects
- Cosmology & the universe
- Philosophy of religion
- History
- Comparative Religion
- Social Science
- Religion - Commentaries / Reference
- Sociology
- Ancient - General
- Asian and Asian American Studies
- Mind, Body, Spirit
- Psychology
- Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
- Folklore & Mythology
- General
- Myth
- Religion
- Religious aspects