Romanian Historians: Mircea Eliade, Vladimir Tism Neanu, Mihail Kog Lniceanu, Laz R Ineanu, Zamfir Arbore, Ion Heliade R Dulescu (Paperback) - edizione con copertina flessibile

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 174. Chapters: Mircea Eliade, Vladimir Tismaneanu, Mihail Kogalniceanu, Lazar Saineanu, Zamfir Arbore, Ion Heliade Radulescu, Gheorghe Asachi, V. A. Urechia, Dan Lungu, Lucretiu Patrascanu, Constantin S. Nicolaescu-Plopsor, Constantin Radulescu-Motru, Ruxandra Cesereanu, Ovidiu Pecican, Jean Alexandre Vaillant, Neagu Djuvara, Miron Constantinescu, Adrian Cioroianu, Dimitrie Cantemir, Ioan P. Culianu, Alexandru Zub, Nicolae Iorga, Camil Muresanu, Alexander Ratiu, Nicolae Balcescu, Elias Schwarzfeld, Iosif Constantin Dragan, Eugen Rozvan, Stelian Tanase, Ion Nistor, Razvan Theodorescu, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Sorin Antohi, George Barit, Dimitrie Gusti, Andrei Oisteanu, Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea, Matila Ghyka, Ion Horatiu Crisan, Ioan Lupas, Daniel Barbu, Dan Fornade, Alex Mihai Stoenescu, Henri H. Stahl, Theodor Paleologu, Cezar Bolliac, Dionisie Ghermani, George Murnu, Dumitru Berciu, Eugen Lovinescu, Grigore Tocilescu, Augustin Deac, Victor Neumann, Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol, Ioan Talpe¿, Vasile Puscas, Anneli Ute Gabanyi, Gheorghe I. Cantacuzino, Raoul Bossy, Gheorghe Sincai, Stefan Ciobanu, Gelu Neamtu, Samuil Micu-Klein, Tahsin Gemil, Vasile Pârvan, Ion Gramada, Rodica Bretin, Lucian Boia, Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi, Vlad Georgescu, Teofil Oroian, Alexandru Mosanu, Ilie Ceausescu, Gheorghe I. Bratianu, Radu Florescu, Ienachita Vacarescu, Paul Gore, Marius Oprea, Christian Mititelu, August Treboniu Laurian, George Coanda, Constantin Daicoviciu, Petru Maior, Ioan Maniu, Constantin C. Giurescu, Dan Pavel, Anghel Demetriescu, Florin Curta, Iosif Hodosiu, Mihai Radulescu, Dimitrie Cozacovici. Excerpt: Mircea Eliade (Romanian pronunciation: ; March 13 1907 - April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who established paradigms in religious studies that persist to this day. His theory that hierophanies form the basis of religion, splitting the human experience of reality into sacred and profane space and time, has proved influential. One of his most influential contributions to religious studies was his theory of Eternal Return, which holds that myths and rituals do not simply commemorate hierophanies, but, at least to the minds of the religious, actually participate in them. His literary works belong to the fantasy and autobiographical genres. The best known are the novels Maitreyi ("La Nuit Bengali" or "Bengal Nights"), Noaptea de Sânziene ("The Forbidden Forest"), Isabel si apele diavolului ("Isabel and the Devil's Waters") and the Novel of the Nearsighted Adolescent, the novellas Domnisoara Christina ("Miss Christina") and Tinerete fara tinerete ("Youth Without Youth"), and the short stories Secretul doctorului Honigberger ("The Secret of Dr. Honigberger") and La Tiganci ("With the Gypsy Girls"). Early in his life, Eliade was a noted journalist and essayist, a disciple of Romanian far right philosopher and journalist Nae Ionescu, and member of the literary society Criterion. He also served as cultural attaché to the United Kingdom and Portugal. Several times during the late 1930s, Eliade publicly expressed his support for the Iron Guard, a fascist and antisemitic political organization. His political involvement at the time, as well as his other far right connections, were the frequent topic of criticism after World War II. Noted for his vast erudition, Eliade had fluent command...