Ioan P. Culianu
Philosopher, Author
1950 – 1991
Who was Ioan P. Culianu?
Ioan Petru Culianu or Couliano was a Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas, a philosopher and political essayist, and a short story writer. 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 culture at the University of Groningen.
An expert in gnosticism and Renaissance magic, he was encouraged and befriended by Mircea Eliade, though he gradually distanced himself from his mentor. Culianu published seminal work on the interrelation of the occult, Eros, magic, physics, and history.
Culianu was murdered in 1991. It has been much speculated his murder was in consequence of his critical view of Romanian national politics. Some factions of the Romanian political right openly celebrated his murder. The Romanian Securitate, which he once lambasted as a force "of epochal stupidity", has also been suspected of involvement and of using puppet fronts on the right as cover.
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- Born
- Jan 5, 1950
Iași - Also known as
- Ioan Culianu
- Nationality
- Romania
- Profession
- Education
- University of Bucharest
- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
- Employment
- University of Chicago
- University of Groningen
- Lived in
- Iași
- Died
- May 21, 1991
Chicago
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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