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How Our Days Became Numbered

Download or Read eBook How Our Days Became Numbered PDF written by Dan Bouk and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
How Our Days Became Numbered
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 325
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ISBN-10 : 9780226564869
ISBN-13 : 022656486X
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Book Synopsis How Our Days Became Numbered by : Dan Bouk

Book excerpt: Classing -- Fatalizing -- Writing -- Smoothing -- A modern conception of death -- Valuing lives, in four movements -- Failing the future.


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