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The Soul and the Self

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/addicted_to_redemption/item/the_soul_and_the_self

Michel Foucault defined the beginning of modernity as the period when human beings first took themselves as the subject of scientific inquiry. This period is commonly known as The Enlightenment, and began in the 18th century. This is the beginning of the medicalization of the body, the psychologization of the mind, and the eradication of the soul. It used to be that people walked around believing they had a soul, an eternal essence given to them by G-d.

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