Mircea Eliade's Vision for a New Humanism

Much has been written on Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) and his work on the history of religions, but little attention has been given to Eliade's idea of a `new humanism' for modern culture. Yet this vision, as David Cave argues in this detailed analysis, was the motivating impulse behind much of Eliade's life and work as a scholar of religion and as a writer.