Endings : A Sociology of Death and Dying

Endings : A Sociology of Death and Dying

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Arguing that death is the central force shaping our social life an order, Kearl draws on anthropology, religion, politics, philosophy, the natural sciences, economics, and psychology to provide a broad sociological perspective on the interrelationships of life and death. Incisive and original, this...

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Main Author: Kearl, Michael C
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1989
Cary : 1989
Series:OUP E-Books
OUP E-Books
Subjects:
Death > Cross-cultural studies
Death > Psychological aspects
Death > Social aspects
Death
Life cycle, Human > Social aspects
Attitude to Death
Étapes de la vie > Aspect social
Mort > Études transculturelles
Mort > Études transculturelles
Mort > Aspect psychologique
Mort > Aspect social
Mort
Étapes de la vie > Aspect social
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Death, Grief, Bereavement
Kulturvergleich
Lebenslauf
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying
Soziologie
Sterben
Śmierć > antropologia społeczna
Śmierć > antropologia społeczna > Stany Zjednoczone
Śmierć > socjologia
Śmierć > socjologia > Stany Zjednoczone
Tod
deaths
Śmierć > antropologia społeczna
Śmierć > antropologia społeczna > Stany Zjednoczone
Śmierć > socjologia
Śmierć > socjologia > Stany Zjednoczone
Dood
Sociale aspecten
Humans > Death
Electronic books
Cross-cultural studies > ^A4071441
Cross-cultural studies
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Death's Revelations of Life; 2. What Death Means: Death in Cross-Cultural and Historical Perspective; 3. Death's Impacts on Society; 4. How We Die: The Social Stratification of Death; 5. Death and Religion; 6. Secular Perspectives on Death; 7. Death and Work; 8. The Politics of Death; 9. Death and the Military Experience; 10. Death in Popular Culture; 11. Death and the Medical System; 12. Death and the Individual: The Social Psychology of Dying and Surviving; Index

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