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Description for Bodies of Thought
hardcover. Examining the development of a secular, purely material conception of human beings in the early Enlightenment, Bodies of Thought provides a fresh perspective on the intellectual culture of this period, and challenges influential interpretations of irreligious thought and the 'Radical Enlightenment'. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Examining the development of a secular, purely material conception of human beings in the early Enlightenment, Bodies of Thought provides a fresh perspective on the intellectual culture of this period, and challenges certain influential interpretations of irreligious thought and the 'Radical Enlightenment'. Beginning with the debate on the soul in England, in which political and religious concerns were intertwined, and ending with the eruption of materialism onto the public stage in mid-eighteenth-century France, Ann Thomson looks at attempts to explain how the material brain thinks without the need for an immaterial and immortal soul. She shows how this current ... Read more
Examining the development of a secular, purely material conception of human beings in the early Enlightenment, Bodies of Thought provides a fresh perspective on the intellectual culture of this period, and challenges certain influential interpretations of irreligious thought and the 'Radical Enlightenment'. Beginning with the debate on the soul in England, in which political and religious concerns were intertwined, and ending with the eruption of materialism onto the public stage in mid-eighteenth-century France, Ann Thomson looks at attempts to explain how the material brain thinks without the need for an immaterial and immortal soul. She shows how this current ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199236190
SKU
KSG0034546
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Bodies of Thought
Thomson's book will provide a wonderful resource for future studies of the doctrines of the soul in the 17th and 18th centuries.
John P. Wright, Reviews in History
Professor Thomson has given us much to ponder in her illuminating study.
William Lamont, English Historical Review
John P. Wright, Reviews in History
Professor Thomson has given us much to ponder in her illuminating study.
William Lamont, English Historical Review