Images and symbols: studies in religious symbolism
Auteur :
Eliade, Mircea
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691020686
Date de publication :
25 juin 1991
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Poids :
227 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is an essential function of human consciousness. The author analyzes powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled the mythological thinking of East and West in many times and at many levels of cultural development.