A few minutes later, the police found the body of ioan culianu, a yearold religion instructor, slumped over in a locked stall in the mens room. Culianu, ioan petru 2079 cu chulainn see tain bo cuailnge published in german in 1990, and a long and significant sci entific correspondence. Ioan petru culianus seriously game with fiction, management intercultural, romanian foundation for business intelligence, editorial department, issue 34, pages 3997, november. He was 41 when he was shot in the head in the mens room in his university, divine school where he was teaching on may 21 1991. Ioan petru culianu, a romanianborn scholar of religious studies, is known mainly as a. Mentored by mircea eliade, culianu specialized in the history of renaissance magic and mysticism. Renaissance magic, according to ioan couliano, was a scientifically plausible attempt to manipulate individuals and groups based on a knowledge of.
The assassination of professor ioan petru culianu on may 21st, 1991 was followed by various reactions and discourses in the media. Pdf ioan petru culianu, a romanianborn scholar of religious studies. Evento organizzato dalla libreria rotondi nellambi. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.
Ioan petru culianu or couliano 5 january 21 may was a romanian historian of religioncultureand ideasa philosopher and political essayist, and a short story writer. Culianu, ioan petru january 5, 1950 may 21, 1991, a scholar of romanian origin, was born in ia s i, romania. He served as professor of the history of religions at the university of chicago from 1988 to his death, and had previously taught the history of romanian. View ioan petru culianu research papers on academia. Ioan petru culianu january 5, 1950may 21, 1991 was a romanian historian of religion, culture, ideas, philosopher, political essayist, poet, mystic and short story writer. Ioan petru culianu or couliano 5 january 1950 21 may 1991 was a romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas, a philosopher and political essayist, and a short story writer. Otherworldly journeys from gilgamesh to albert einstein by ioan p. Ioan petru alexandru culianu or couliano 19501991 was a romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas, a philosopher and political essayist, and a short story writer. Mar, 2012 ioan petru culianu, as many as you already know, was a romanian historian of religion and culture, a short story writer, philosopher and political essayist, born in 1950 in iasi, romania. Vam lasat deschisa sectiunea comentarii in acest sens. Ioan petru culianu 19501991, historian of religions, essayist and fiction writer, served on the faculty of the university of chicagos divinity school.
In toaleta barbatilor din cladirea divinity school a universitatii din chicago, in jurul orei 1. Born in iasi, romania, culianu was educated at the university of bucharest and in italy. Dora marked it as toread mar 30, a biography and an analysis of his death was published by ted anton under the title eros, magic, and the death of professor culianu alluding to. Ioan petru culianu author of eros and magic in the renaissance. In an interview made in 1990 by his student emanuel guano he said that he had decided to become a writer at the age of choosing between physics and. Central and eastern european online library cee journals, documents, articles, periodicals, books available online for download, zeitschrfitendatenbank. Ioan petru culianus most popular book is eros and magic in the renaissance. Ioan petru culianu has 31 books on goodreads with 3514 ratings. The present essay aims at analysing a work of fantastical prose fiction written by ioan petru culianu in english yet still unpublished in its original language through the structures of the imaginary. Book translated from romanian to italian and published recently by lindau publishing house torino. Leave a comment on ioan culianu pdf ioan culianu was a professor renowned for his study of the renaissance, magic, and religion and as vocal critic of romanias postcommunist. The present paper aims to gather together most of the suppositions connected to this murder and tries to rise some new questions in order to help further investigations.
Eliade mircea culianu petru ioan dictionar al religiilor. Leonard gavriliu wrote that culianu s murder was a blessing for him, so that he could now conduct field research on comparative religions from beyond the mortal coil. Books by ioan petru culianu author of eros and magic in the. Ioan petru culianu is the author of eros and magic in the renaissance 4. Ioan petru culianu or couliano 5 january 1950 21 may 1991 was a romanian historian of.
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