Misc. Durkheim Vs. Eliade

Mark Kohut markekohut at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 11 20:45:00 CDT 2010


I think I got the probability that TRP absorbed Eliade from a study of him. And I think Eliade tropes
and themes are found in AtD fer sure....and can help illumine Lot 49.

But, I dunno....seems the English translation of Eliade's Sacred and the Profane was 1959. Durkheim's
much, much earlier of course...and maybe TRP read what he needed of both....................

My quick online study sez Durkheim thought man was not naturally religious but it grew from dividing
the world into what was profane.......the rest was sacred and could be a kind of animism.........

Eliade seemed to think religious feelings came first universally.....


      



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