Book Description
This French translation of the original English play, "The Endless Column" by Mircea Eliade, summarizes the philosophy of artist and philosopher, Constantin Brancusi. Probes the meaning of Brancusi's work and his silence after his well-known India visit. According to the play, the fact that Brancusi did not accomplish his Meditation Monument was due to the difficulty in putting the light of human contemplation into sculpture.

Language Notes
Text: Romanian, French (translation)

About the Author
Mircea Eliade teaches in the Department of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago. Florence Hetzler is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This French translation of the original English play, "The Endless Column" by Mircea Eliade, summarizes the philosophy of artist and philosopher, Constantin Brancusi. Probes the meaning of Brancusi's work and his silence after his well-known India visit. According to the play, the fact that Brancusi did not accomplish his Meditation Monument was due to the difficulty in putting the light of human contemplation into sculpture.