Forever Young: a Cultural History of Longevity - Softcover

Boia, Lucian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1861891547 ISBN 13: 9781861891549

Verlag: Reaktion Books, 2003

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Book by Boia Lucian

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'Historian Lucian Boia is as much concerned with the mythology of longevity as the reality. In Forever Young, he demonstrates how little our obsession with cheating death has changed' --New Scientist

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"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 and differing ideologies and attitudes). Nowadays, prolonging life and youth has become a major goal of society due to a combination of several factors: the spectacular increase in life expectancy; the advances of science and especially genetics; and finally, the decline of religious belief in life after death, emphasizing the only remaining certainty - corporeal life. The author, a specialist in mythology and imagination, approaches his subject in an accessible and engaging way.

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• Verlag: Reaktion Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1861891547
• ISBN 13: 9781861891549
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240