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Mass violence and terrorism are a salient phenomenon in the late modern society, showing no sign of decline. Proactive results from the long, ongoing debate of how to address these issues are theref……続きを見る

Fred Feldman, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is widely recognized for his subtle defense of hedonistic consequentialism and for his plain-spoken and exact phi……続きを見る

This book has been written for those who must work with and give care to the dying. Our discussion is not simple narrative or description; it is a ""rendition of reality,"" informed by a rather dens……続きを見る

Military Pilgrimage and Battlefield Tourism is the first volume to bring together a detailed analysis of professional military pilgrimage with other forms of commemorating military conflict. The vol……続きを見る

Death Across Oceans: Archaeology of Coffins and Vaults in Britain, America, and Australia brings together the leading researchers in historic mortuary practice from Britain, North America, and Austr……続きを見る

Though death is universal, how we respond to it depends on when and where we live. Dying and grieving continually evolve: new preparations for dying, new kinds of funerals, new ways of handling grie……続きを見る

Every year, thousands of expecting parents start prenatal testing to find out if it’s a boy or a girl…and instead learn the baby is going to die. Anencephaly. Trisomy 18. Potter’s sequence. They’re ……続きを見る

Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides? looks at several of the most contentious issues in many societies. The book asks, whose rights are protected? How do these rights and protections change over time, ……続きを見る

Death, Ritual and Belief, now in its third edition, explores many important issues related to death and dying, from a religious studies perspective, including anthropology and sociology. Using the m……続きを見る

If Martians were to visit Earth would they be perplexed to find that some folks need a reminder to celebrate each year of their lives? Do you mark your birthdates with cake and a bit of frivolity? D……続きを見る

***Von einer, die auszog, vom Sterben das Leben zu lernen*** Wie viele von uns hat Saskia Jungnikl Angst vor dem Tod. Vor allem seit ihr Vater gestorben ist. Doch anstatt sich weiter zu fürchten, su……続きを見る

Wir leben in einer Kultur, in der Trauer keinen Platz hat. Dabei kann der unterdrückte Schmerz schlimmen Folge für die körperliche und seelische Gesundheit der Hinterbliebenen haben. Dieses Buch erz……続きを見る

1張照片惹哭13萬人！ 接觸「死亡」，是她的工作日常 她身穿黒衣擺渡亡者，更擺渡了家屬的心靈 解開一般大眾對殯葬業的誤解與迷思，並於書末提供實用QA，讓人在面對至親離去後的準備能有所了解。 以殯葬業人員的眼……続きを見る

Learning How to Die Can Teach Us How to Live All of the world's religions refer to death in some way. Everyone is somewhat familiar with stories about where we go or what happens to us after death. ……続きを見る

The bones of Hawaii's King Kamehameha the Great were hidden at night in a secret location. In contrast, his successor Kamehameha III had a half-mile-long funeral procession to the Royal Tomb watched……続きを見る

This book re-examines the role of the sublime across a range of disparate cultural texts, from architecture and art, to literature, digital technology, and film, detailing a worrying trend towards n……続きを見る

The introduction of the continuing bonds model of grief near the end of the 20th century revolutionized the way researchers and practitioners understand bereavement. Continuing Bonds in Bereavement ……続きを見る

Death and Digital Media provides a critical overview of how people mourn, commemorate and interact with the dead through digital media. It maps the historical and shifting landscape of digital death……続きを見る

Capital punishment is one of the more controversial subjects in the social sciences, especially in criminal justice and criminology. Over the last decade or so, the United States has experienced a s……続きを見る

At certain moments in his political essays, Kant conceives of socio-historical emancipation as a process of working ourselves out of pathological legacies, suggesting that emancipation would involve……続きを見る

Post-mortems may have become a staple of our TV viewing, but the long history of this practice is still little known. This book provides a fresh account of the dissections that took place across ear……続きを見る

A powerful consideration of the lessons imparted in the final works of essential writers and philosophers For many today, retirement and the leisure said to accompany it have become vestiges of a sl……続きを見る

Una colección de reportajes periodísticos sobre la muerte en Bolivia Raúl Mercado murió el mismo día en que decidió estrenar la camisa que reservaba para su funeral. No fue el único detalle que pare……続きを見る

With an introduction by author Cynan Jones When Mark Brian, a young priest, is sent to the Indian village of Kingcome in British Columbia, he finds himself in an astonishing place of salmon runs and……続きを見る

What would you say to a deceased loved one if they could come back for one day? What if you can’t just ‘move on’ from grief? At Home with Grief: Continued Bonds with the Deceased chronicles Blake Pa……続きを見る

‘Too frequently, we leave it too late to start to think ー but a crisis is never the best time for careful thought.’ As Australia's population ages, many individuals are faced with making complex me……続きを見る

The Segelberg Lecture Series explores the intersection of religious faith and public policy. This book contains the lectures of the Trusts fi rst series, which were focused on The Ends of Life. Dalh……続きを見る

This sensitive & practical book examines what really happens during the dying process & after death. This book has been written in a gentle & enlightened way to help you overcome your fear of dying ……続きを見る

The terminal diagnosis is given, the knock on the door comes, and someone you love is dying or has just died. Death happens every day, yet as one hospital chaplain said, Most of the time we just liv……続きを見る

"The word death is not pronounced in New York, in Paris, in London, because it burns the lips. The Mexican, in contrast, is familiar with death, jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrat……続きを見る