A History of Human Responses to Death: Mythologies, Rituals, and EthicsE. Mellen Press, 1990 - 508 Seiten This study examines death and its impact on human thinking from a biological and historical viewpoint. It finds that fear of death is the motive behind the human need to accomplish anything. It also discusses care of the terminally ill, mercy killing, suicide, and the death penalty. |
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... expressions of power . Properly uttered they could alter the actual shape and sequence of events . This belief is , in ... expression had to be carefully regulated . Indeed only certain persons were privileged to use them . This , of ...
... expressions of power . Properly uttered they could alter the actual shape and sequence of events . This belief is , in ... expression had to be carefully regulated . Indeed only certain persons were privileged to use them . This , of ...
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... expression " American way of death " is often used in a derogatory sense to indicated those details of the funeral ... expressions ( e.g. " slumber room " ) , etc. , that often , in North America , make the funeral a ceremony of ...
... expression " American way of death " is often used in a derogatory sense to indicated those details of the funeral ... expressions ( e.g. " slumber room " ) , etc. , that often , in North America , make the funeral a ceremony of ...
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... expression of death is related to the various mechanisms that man uses to make acceptable the inevitability of his own demise . One of the main mechanisms of defence is , of course , denial : all religious faiths teach that death is not ...
... expression of death is related to the various mechanisms that man uses to make acceptable the inevitability of his own demise . One of the main mechanisms of defence is , of course , denial : all religious faiths teach that death is not ...
Inhalt
Man and death | 3 |
Death as a natural phenomenon | 37 |
Death and philosophy | 75 |
Urheberrecht | |
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A History of Human Responses to Death: Mythologies, Rituals, and Ethics Plinio Prioreschi Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1990 |
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