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End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism, And Anthropology in France
End of the Soul Scientific Modernity Atheism And Anthropology in France
Author: Jennifer Hecht
On October 19, 1876 a group of leading French citizens, joined together to form the Society of Mutual Autopsy, with the aim of proving that souls do not exist. With this group as its focus, The End of the Soul is a study of science and atheism in France in late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It shows that anthropology grew out...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780231128476
ISBN-10: 0231128479
Publication Date: 11/21/2005
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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