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I have just ripped it in half and thrown it in the bin. I must refrain from using "profane" language to describe this book and will try and summarize my reasons for ripping the book in half and throwing it into my bin. -The first 40 pages could be condensed to a single paragraph.
Eliade unnecessarily complicates his introduction by regurgitating a seemingly endless list of permutations of what the book is about and what it is not about. He is overly dichotomous in describing "the religious man" and the "non religious man" saying there is a gaping... more info
The Sacred and Profane Years ago, I was assigned this book in one of my university classes. I number it in my most memorable and personally influential works that I have ever read. At the time, I had just begun to study archaeology and had very little understanding of the concept of ethnocentricism. My personal way of thinking was very black and white. The only real experience that I had with the dichotomies of the sacred versus the profane at that point was my own experiences. The Sacred and the Profane gave me an entirely... more info
the basic guidline to understand mythical world With full of insight, Eliade shows how the diverse culture in this world has been influenced by mythical elements with or without intention. The book focuses more on sacred cord. Sacred time and myth are repetitive leading us to live our daily life with strong existence. It offers easy and overviewed explanation about what is sacred and how human interprets and adopts it.
the basic guidline to understand the mythical world With full of insight, shows Eliade how diverse culture of the world is influeced by mythical elements both with or without intention. It focuses on more the sacred cord which leads us to live daily life with realization of our existence in mythical level that still has enourmous power.
