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In illo tempore, at the center of the world: Mircea Eliade and religious studies' concepts of sacred time and space
In illo tempore, at the center of the world
In illo tempore, im Zentrum der Welt: Mircea Eliade und religionswissenschaftliche Konzepte von heiliger Zeit und heiligem Raum
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Abstract "Time and space, manifested in such well known phrases and expressions as in illo tempore, ab origine, repetition and regeneration, center, omphalos, as well as the abolition of the profane, belong to the most important yet immensely complex concepts within Mircea Eliade's work. Based on Eliade's ce... view more
"Time and space, manifested in such well known phrases and expressions as in illo tempore, ab origine, repetition and regeneration, center, omphalos, as well as the abolition of the profane, belong to the most important yet immensely complex concepts within Mircea Eliade's work. Based on Eliade's central publications of The Sacred and the Profane and The Myth of the Eternal Return, this article attempts to trace Eliade's notions of the terms and their relation to human thought and practice. Furthermore, the article discusses crucial critiques and elaborations of the concepts, implications and methods of Eliade's research, in order to develop an approach to the social constitution of sacred space which also considers current research in the Social Sciences on the production of space." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
social space; social reality; mythology; research approach; conception; time; structure; structural analysis; structural model; conception of history; religious science
Classification
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Sociology of Religion
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 59-75
Journal
Historical Social Research, 38 (2013) 3
Issue topic
Space/ time practices and the production of space and time - Raum/ Zeit Praktiken und die Produktion von Raum und Zeit
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.38.2013.3.59-75
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed