The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology in France - Jennifer Hecht - Books - Columbia University Press - 9780231128476 - December 20, 2005
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Jennifer Hecht
The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology in France

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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 of a struggle between tradition (especially Catholicism) and modernism, and that it became for many a secular religion, with such adherents as Emile Zola, Margaret Sanger, and Arthur Conan Doyle.

416 pages, illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 20, 2005
ISBN13 9780231128476
Publishers Columbia University Press
Pages 416
Dimensions 221 × 152 × 29 mm   ·   553 g

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