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This multidisciplinary study is the first book devoted entirely to the critical interpretation of the writings of Mircea Eliade on myth. One of the most popular and influential historians and theorists of myth, Eliade argued that all myth is religious. Douglas Allen critically interprets... read more
First Sentence
One cannot read Mircea Eliade's writings on myth, in particular, and religion, in general, without soon encountering his concern, often bordering on an obsession, with the evils of modern forms of "reductionism."
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- Douglas Allen (Author)
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