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Why the death penalty is in decline across the United States Across the country, the death penalty is dying. Twenty-two states have abandoned state-sanctioned executions, including nine in the last ……続きを見る

Este libro aborda con profunda empatía las múltiples dimensiones de la pérdida, desde la muerte de un hijo o la de una pareja hasta la de una mascota. Explora los preparativos y los últimos días, el……続きを見る

Da oltre vent'anni Emmanuel Hirsch accompagna i malati terminali e i loro familiari lungo il percorso che porta alla fine della vita. Come medico e come responsabile di diversi centri di Etica Medic……続きを見る

Logan's Story is a raw and unflinching memoir that chronicles a father's journey through the joy of parenthood, the heartbreak of addiction, and the devastation of losing his son to fentanyl poisoni……続きを見る

Une société se juge également à sa manière de traiter les morts. Qui parmi vous souhaite prendre la place des vieux morts ? Mais sachez que vous n'y resterez pas ! N'attendez pas des futurs maires p……続きを見る

一趟顛覆認知的旅程，讓你重新思考ーー 當一條生命的價值被量化，你還相信它是「無價」的嗎？ 我們真的願意承認，有些人的命比別人的更值錢嗎？ 當生命成為價格標籤，你願意面對真相嗎？ 這是一部精彩的調查報導作……続きを見る

His mother's last word was his name. His father's was "Wonderful." Together they inspired the title for this true story of love and redemption. Bob Morris was always the entertainer in his family, b……続きを見る

Em meio ao calor abafado de Cáceres, no coração do Mato Grosso dos anos 80, repousa um antiquário repleto de sombras e silêncios. Entre relógios parados, espelhos rachados e bonecos de porcelana que……続きを見る

The Mystery of Death: Why We Die? explores the complex and often misunderstood phenomenon of death from multiple perspectives. The book delves into the biological, cultural, philosophical, and perso……続きを見る

Le présent numéro de la revue Frontières se penche sur le concept et les expériences de la solastalgie en les liant aux changements climatiques et aux inégalités sociales et géographiques subséquent……続きを見る

"I have plenty of time to think about death." The truth is, no one gets out of here alive, and few of us avoid the anguish of a loved one's death. Find comfort and support in stories of others who ……続きを見る

Travis Pickell explores the paradoxes of choice in modern dying and the ways Christian theology can aid in navigating the relationship between moral agency and dignity at the end of life. Burdened A……続きを見る

Although philosophy, religion, and civic cultures used to help people prepare for aging and dying well, this is no longer the case. Today, aging is frequently seen as a problem to be solved and deat……続きを見る

In this provocative book Éric Rebillard challenges many long-held assumptions about early Christian burial customs. For decades scholars of early Christianity have argued that the Church owned and o……続きを見る

The Reverend Russ Ford, who served as the head chaplain on Virginia’s death row for eighteen years, raged against the inequities of the death penaltyーnow outlawed in Virginiaーwhile ministering to ……続きを見る

Grave sites not only offer the contemporary viewer the physical markers of those remembered but also a wealth of information about the era in which the cemeteries were created. These markers hold ke……続きを見る

Final Resting Places brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generationーand how t……続きを見る

In this book, Victor Turner is concerned with various kinds of social actions and how they relate to, and come to acquire meaning through, metaphors and paradigms in their actors' minds; how in cert……続きを見る

By the 1890s, Siam (Thailand) was the last holdout against European imperialism in Southeast Asia. But the kingdom's exceptional status came with a substantial caveat: Bangkok, its bustling capital,……続きを見る

The dead of Paris, before the French Revolution, were most often consigned to mass graveyards that contemporaries described as terrible and terrifying, emitting "putrid miasmas" that were a threat t……続きを見る

Governing Death, Making Persons tells the story of how economic reforms and changes in the management of death in China have affected the governance of persons. The Chinese Communist Party has sough……続きを見る

In Dying to Work**, Jonathan Karmel raises our awareness of unsafe working conditions with accounts of workers who were needlessly injured or killed on the job.** Based on heart-wrenching interviews……続きを見る

Un professeur de philosophie, tout juste retraité, entre en soins palliatifs pour un cancer du côlon métastasé devenu incurable. Durant les dix années qui ont précédé ce moment, il a tenu le journal……続きを見る

Assisted suicide and euthanasia are being legalized or at least debated throughout much of the world today. But should suicide ever be assisted? When someone is suffering and no longer wants to live……続きを見る

The book examines the issue of old age in death in contemporary Western societies in the pre-Covid-19 period and during the recent pandemic. It aims to prompt rethinking of societal obligations to t……続きを見る

«Deeply versed in recent theoretical discussions of the lyric form in general and the elegy in particular, Adele Bardazzi also brings to bear queer thinking on temporality and philosophical treatmen……続きを見る

Death is silent; all the ‘tales’ we hear about it – be they of a religious, philosophical, scientific or artistic nature – are told by other humans. but specific deaths are often utilised to reconfi……続きを見る

The essays incorporated into this volume share an ambitious interest in investigating death as an individual, social and metaphorical phenomenon that may be exemplified by themes involving burial ri……続きを見る

In the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, death has become an all too familiar feature of the early 2020s. The 21st century has in fact produced a singular historical moment with its unique intersecti……続きを見る

This book offers critical scenarios of dark tourism futures and examines how our significant dead will be remembered in future visitor economies. It aims to inspire critical thinking by probing the ……続きを見る