Endings - Michael C. Kearl

Endings

A Sociology of Death and Dying
Buch | Hardcover
544 Seiten
1990
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-504515-4 (ISBN)
94,75 inkl. MwSt
Arguing that death is the central force shaping our social life and order, the author draws on a wide variety of disciplines to provide a broad sociological perspective on the interrelationships of life and death.
Arguing that death is the central force shaping our social life and order, Michael Kearl draws on a wide variety of disciplines to provide a broad sociological perspective on the interrelationships of life and death. He shows how death contributes to social change, and how the meanings of death are generated to serve social functions.

Working from a social as well as a psychological perspective, Kearl analyses traditional topics, including ageing, suicide, grief, and medical ethics. He also examines current issues such as the impact of the AIDS epidemic on social trust, governments' use of death in symbolism, the business of death and dying, the political economy of doomsday weaponry, and death in popular culture.
Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.2.1990
Zusatzinfo numerous halftones
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 173 x 243 mm
Gewicht 1006 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Geriatrie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Pädiatrie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-19-504515-7 / 0195045157
ISBN-13 978-0-19-504515-4 / 9780195045154
Zustand Neuware
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