Archetypal Original-Acts and Imaginary Studies According to Mircea Eliade's Imaginative Hermeneutics

A HERMENÊUTICA DA IMAGINAÇÃO DE MIRCEA ELIADE

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https://doi.org/10.25247/paralellus.2023.v14n34.p29-48

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Mirea Eliade, imaginative hermeneutics, archetype

Abstract

This paper articulates Mircea Eliade's archetype and imagination notions in order to present his novelty to the Imaginary studies. Initially, as divine original-acts, unlike rational knowledge, archetype is primordial and verified as a place of original thought. Secondly, the symbol regarding to hermeneutics is explored in dialogue with imagination. Imagination, in this dialogue, is a common faculty for both Science of Religion research and for art. The importance of imagination for hermeneutic activity is emphasized as the paper advances to imaginative hermeneutics as an organic need, capable of interpreting alterity and the fusion-of-being in hierophanies. The imaginative hermeneutics, as an unprecedented contribution by Mircea Eliade, gives a place for original reflection to the author's works in the studies of the imaginary. From this, the limits and scope of the hermeneutics of the imagination is finally considered.

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Author Biography

  • Vitor Chaves de Souza, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, UFPB

    Doutor e Mestre em Ciências da Religião e bacharel em Teologia pela Universidade Metodista de São Paulo. Pós-doutoramento em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Professor Titular no Departamento de Ciências das Religiões da Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). E-mail: vitorchaves@gmail.com.

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Published

2023-06-20

How to Cite

DE SOUZA, Vitor Chaves. Archetypal Original-Acts and Imaginary Studies According to Mircea Eliade’s Imaginative Hermeneutics: A HERMENÊUTICA DA IMAGINAÇÃO DE MIRCEA ELIADE. PARALELLUS Journal of Religion Studies - UNICAP, Recife, PE, Brasil, v. 14, n. 34, p. 29–48, 2023. DOI: 10.25247/paralellus.2023.v14n34.p29-48. Disponível em: https://www1.unicap.br/ojs/index.php/paralellus/article/view/2268.. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.

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