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Description for Forever Young
Paperback. This text offers a wide-ranging survey of the notion of longevity. Lucian Boia looks at the many manifestations of one of humanity's most powerful dreams - the prolongation of life and youth with immortality as a final objective. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
"Forever Young" offers a wide-ranging survey of the notion of longevity, from Antiquity to the present. The author looks at the many manifestations of one of humanity's most powerful dreams: the prolongation of life and youth with immortality as a final objective. Using a variety of sources - religion, folk traditions, science, literature and art - the book shows on the one hand the persistence of the human spirit (the desire for longevity is revealed as an extremely stable archetype throughout history) and on the other, the innovations specific to each period or culture (due to the progress of science ... Read more
"Forever Young" offers a wide-ranging survey of the notion of longevity, from Antiquity to the present. The author looks at the many manifestations of one of humanity's most powerful dreams: the prolongation of life and youth with immortality as a final objective. Using a variety of sources - religion, folk traditions, science, literature and art - the book shows on the one hand the persistence of the human spirit (the desire for longevity is revealed as an extremely stable archetype throughout history) and on the other, the innovations specific to each period or culture (due to the progress of science ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861891549
SKU
V9781861891549
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
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