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Immortality
This essay is an exercise in what might be called Metaphysical Sociology. It suggests that in the secular modern Western world immortality has become the great question mark. It explores possible responses, drawing on a range of fictional examples, including the novel and film Gone with the Wind and...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7371803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32836558 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12115-020-00504-4 |
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| description | This essay is an exercise in what might be called Metaphysical Sociology. It suggests that in the secular modern Western world immortality has become the great question mark. It explores possible responses, drawing on a range of fictional examples, including the novel and film Gone with the Wind and Nicolas Poussin's painting of The Last Supper. It draws a contrast between vitality and ego, on the one hand, and soul, on the other. |
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| spelling | pubmed-73718032020-07-21 Immortality Carroll, John Society Symposium: Reflections Before, During, and Beyond COVID-19 This essay is an exercise in what might be called Metaphysical Sociology. It suggests that in the secular modern Western world immortality has become the great question mark. It explores possible responses, drawing on a range of fictional examples, including the novel and film Gone with the Wind and Nicolas Poussin's painting of The Last Supper. It draws a contrast between vitality and ego, on the one hand, and soul, on the other. Springer US 2020-07-20 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7371803/ /pubmed/32836558 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12115-020-00504-4 Text en © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
| spellingShingle | Symposium: Reflections Before, During, and Beyond COVID-19 Carroll, John Immortality |
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| topic | Symposium: Reflections Before, During, and Beyond COVID-19 |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7371803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32836558 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12115-020-00504-4 |
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