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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 200.92 EAN: 9780810113961 ISBN: 0810113961 Label: Northwestern University Press Manufacturer: Northwestern University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 301 Publication Date: October 14, 1996 Publisher: Northwestern University Press Sales Rank: 393020 Studio: Northwestern University Press Related Items: Out of this World: Otherworldly Journeys from Gilgamesh to Albert Einstein Eros and Magic in the Renaissance (Chicago Original Paperback) The Tree of Gnosis: Gnostic Mythology from Early Christianity to Modern Nihilism Two Strange Tales Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction see more Editorial Review: Product Description: Investigates the murder of Ioan Culianu, a popular University of Chicago Divinity School Professor who was slain execution-style in May of 1991, the victim--according to the author--of right-wing political operatives in his native Romania. UP. Amazon.com Review: Police have been stumped ever since popular University of Chicago Divinity Professor Ioan Culianu was killed in the middle of a workday in a campus bathroom. The 1991 murder has offered few profitable leads. Author Ted Anton suggests strongly that radicals from Culianu's native Romania did the deed. If he's right, then the death of Culianu probably marks the first political assassination of a professor on American soil. The bulk of this book focuses on the life, times, and scholarship of a man heralded by many to be his generation's Mircea Eliade--as well as why Romanian thugs would have any interest in such a person. The case's apparent unsolvability is maddening, but Anton does a fine job of recounting its essentials. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - A great read! This is an insightful look at the life and work of a brilliant Romanian scholar and exile, and at the frightening overseas activities of the Romanian secret police in the post-communist years. Written in a clear, elegant style, with plenty of references to Culianu's writings and glimpses at his complicated personal interactions, this book is a great read. As the author concludes, Culianu "left a legacy of the dangers of a life of the mind." Without this biography, his undeserved fate may well be ... Read More Rating: - Interesting Premise, Boring Execution I first heard of the murder of Professor Culianu when I was an undergrad at the University of Chicago. I was immediately drawn to find more about the man who allegedly believed in the magic he studied. After reading "Eros and Magic" and "Out of this World", I thought that this biography might shed some additional light on the man, his scholarship, and his occult dabblings. I must admit I was somewhat disappointed. The book is very dry and factually oriented. The facts ... Read More Rating: - Eros and Magic. If you enjoyed Umberto Eco's _Foucault's Pendulum_, you will undoubtedly enjoy this true life tale of magic, European politics, and murder. The book gives an accounting of the life of Ioan Culianu, a professor of comparative religion at the University of Chicago, from his birth in Romania to his untimely murder. Professor Culianu provided astounding insights into the world of magic and attempted to explain its occurrences through complexity. He published many books on magic, comparative religion, ... Read More Rating: - A True Murder Mystery, by fermed The shot that killed professor Ioan Culianu while he was sitting in a stall in the men's room came from a small Beretta: a .25 caliber gun, fired at leat 18 inches away from his head, for there were no gunpowder traces around the entry wound. It was the work of an expert, a person who stood on the toilet seat of the adjoining stall, and fired downward and into the back of his head; probably the shot of a left hander. Why only one shot? Why such a small caliber gun? Professionals are more heavy handed, ... Read More Rating: - Crime, politics, religion and the occult Culiano taught religious studies at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago--the hand-picked successor to the great Mircea Eliade. Culiano specialized in magic, dualistic heresies and mystical experiences. He practiced what he studied as well, entertaining students and aggravating colleagues. But he also wrote political articles and fiction for a Romanian journal. These got him in trouble with the Romanian secret police; his murder has never been solved. Blending religious studies, ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: Professionals & Academics - Biographies & Memoirs - Subjects - Books - Educators Biographies & Memoirs - Subjects - Books - General Biographies & Memoirs - Subjects - Books - General AAS Europe - History - Subjects - Books - Romania Crime & Criminals - Nonfiction - Subjects - Books - Criminology