The Psychology of Death in Fantasy and History

JERRY S. PIVEN teaches in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at New School University.

Introduction: Approaching Death by Jerry S. Piven Death, Power, and the Politics of Self-Destruction by Siamak Movahedi Buddhism, Death, and the Feminine by Jerry S. Piven Uncanny Dolls: Images of Death in Rilke and Freud by Eva-Maria Simms Death, Fantasy, and Religious Transformations by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi Europe's Culture of Death by Rudolph Binion Creativity and Death by Hans-Jurgen Wirth The Idol and Idolizers by Daniel Liechty Thoughts for the Times on Terrorism, War, and Death by Hans-Jurgen Wirth Love, Separation, and Death in a Japanese Myth by Yuko Katsuta Fundamentalism, Defilement, and Death by George Victor Death, Neurosis, and Normalcy by Jerry S. Piven Unveiling Mexican Cultural Essences: Death and Spirituality by Luz Maria Solloa Garcia Adaptive Insights into Death Anxiety by Robert Langs Laughing at Death by Neil Elgee The Contributors