The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology in France by Jennifer Hecht

The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology in France

Jennifer Hecht

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nonfiction history religion science challenging informative slow-paced
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On October 19, 1876 a group of leading French citizens, both men and women included, joined together to form an unusual group, The Society of Mutual Autopsy, with the aim of proving that souls do not exist. The idea was that, after death, they wou...

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