One of the central themes in Corbin's work is the relation between the "time of myth," of what he calls "hierohistory," and the linear time of history. This distinction raises issues that lie at the heart of much modern philosophy and theology. I have just chanced upon an essay that will be of interest to anyone who wishes to understand how Corbin's work relates to that of his contemporaries and to subsequent philosophical thought. Tyrus Miller's "Eternity No More: Walter Benjamin and the Myth of the Eternal Return" (in Given World and Time: Temporalities in Context, edited by Tyrus Miller and published by the Central European University Press in 2008) is available online here. This excellent piece outlines some of the relations among the thought of Nietzsche, Eliade (a close colleague of Corbin ar Eranos), Benjamin and others.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Time & Eternity
One of the central themes in Corbin's work is the relation between the "time of myth," of what he calls "hierohistory," and the linear time of history. This distinction raises issues that lie at the heart of much modern philosophy and theology. I have just chanced upon an essay that will be of interest to anyone who wishes to understand how Corbin's work relates to that of his contemporaries and to subsequent philosophical thought. Tyrus Miller's "Eternity No More: Walter Benjamin and the Myth of the Eternal Return" (in Given World and Time: Temporalities in Context, edited by Tyrus Miller and published by the Central European University Press in 2008) is available online here. This excellent piece outlines some of the relations among the thought of Nietzsche, Eliade (a close colleague of Corbin ar Eranos), Benjamin and others.
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