The Sacred and the Profane and Hierophany
엘리아데의 성과 속, 원초적 시간
A foundational history of religions theory analyzing how *Homo religiosus* experiences reality through a fundamental ontological duality between the Sacred (hierophanies, order, reality) and the Profane (chaos, secular time).
| Field | Religious Studies · Anthropology |
|---|---|
| Level of analysis | Macro · Structures & Institutions |
| Paradigm | Phenomenology Structuralism |
| Key figures | 👤 Mircea Eliade (미르체아 엘리아데) |
| Year | 1957 |
Key Claims
Mircea Eliade demonstrated that sacred space breaks homogeneous secular space through hierophanies, creating an axis mundi connecting earth and cosmos. Rituals allow archaic humans to abolish profane historical duration and ritually return to primordial sacred time (in illo tempore).
Further Reading
- Eliade, M. (1957). Das Heilige und das Profane. Rowohlt. (English: The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion, 1959, Harcourt).
Related theories 2개
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A classical philosophy of religion theory defining the irreducible core of the holy as the "numinous"—an intense non-rational affective encounter with the *Mysterium tremendum et fascinans*.
Theories pointing to this one 3개
A monumental comparative mythology theory positing that all mythic narratives across world cultures share a single universal archetypal circular structure: Departure, Initiation, and Return.
A classical philosophy of religion theory defining the irreducible core of the holy as the "numinous"—an intense non-rational affective encounter with the *Mysterium tremendum et fascinans*.
A foundational sociology and anthropology of religion framework demonstrating that religion is an eminency social phenomenon where collective effervescence deifies society itself through sacred totemic symbols.