Mircea Eliade Flashcards
Born in Romania, dies in 1981, known in 20th century
Eliade
From an early age, Eliade was absolutely brilliant and was fluent in _ by 10 years old.
5 European languages
As a young man Eliade, traveled to India and practiced _ with the masters.
yoga
Eliade began to study religion and everything from every religion that could possibly get his hands on.
Comparing study of religions
What college did he attend and also turn the study of religion into the best in the world?
University of Chicago
How long was he a dominate figure? (like MLK, Ghandi)
30 years
His letters from WWII revealed that he had a lot of sympathy to the _.
iron guards
Serious political parties in Romania, pro-Nazi movement
iron guards
Scholars were disgraced by him because of his _ by questioning his theory and calling him an unacceptable figure.
political view on WWII
Who did he hide his political views on WWII from and became disturbed by it?
His Jewish American students
Still considered a fantastic, brilliant _.
theorist
Kripal is reclaiming Eliade a little bit by figuring out how to use his _ again.
theory
Kripal says that Eliade’s theory is that all myths and all religious myths especially produce the _.
eternal return
