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20-07-2020 | Symposium: Reflections Before, During, and Beyond COVID-19

Immortality

Author: John Carroll

Published in: Society | Issue 4/2020

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Abstract

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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Metadata
Title
Immortality
Author
John Carroll
Publication date
20-07-2020
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Society / Issue 4/2020
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Electronic ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-020-00504-4

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