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

The End of the Soul

Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology in France

2003 • 440 pages

On October 19, 1876, a group of leading French citizens, both men and women, joined together to form an unusual group, the Society of Mutual Autopsy, with the aim of proving that souls do not exist. This is the story of this group of atheists who createdthe science of anthropology.

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