Myth of eternal return History, Psychology, Esoterics Author: Mircea Eliade Title: Myth of eternal return Publisher: SPb. :"Aleta" Year: 1998 Format: DOC Size: 172. 76 Kb. Mircea Eliade is one of the most original thinkers of the 20th century, for many years attracting the closest attention and enjoying increased reader interest. The Myth of the Eternal Return . Archetypes and Repeatability" is a special book, distinguished by the clarity of thought and the slimness of the concept against the background of everything Eliade wrote. It examines the fundamental theories of the life of tribes in the archaic stage of development, their inherent negative attitude to concrete historical time, their nostalgia for the Great Time, expressed in the periodic resurrection of mythical time. Translated from French . Published in Russian for the first time. For a wide range of readers.