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The Quest: History and Meaning in Religion (Midway Reprint)
Mircea Eliade
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, xii, 180 p. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
In The Quest Mircea Eliade stresses the cultural function that a study of the history of religions can play in a secularized society. He writes for the intelligent general reader in the hope that what he calls a new humanism "will be engendered by a confrontation of modern Western man with unknown or less familiar worlds of meaning."
"Each of these essays contains insights which will be fruitful and challenging for professional students of religion, but at the same time they all retain the kind of cultural relevance and clarity of style which makes them accessible to anyone ... Read more
In The Quest Mircea Eliade stresses the cultural function that a study of the history of religions can play in a secularized society. He writes for the intelligent general reader in the hope that what he calls a new humanism "will be engendered by a confrontation of modern Western man with unknown or less familiar worlds of meaning."
"Each of these essays contains insights which will be fruitful and challenging for professional students of religion, but at the same time they all retain the kind of cultural relevance and clarity of style which makes them accessible to anyone ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
187
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226203867
SKU
V9780226203867
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