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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... funeral rites were the main expression of Cocopa tribal enterprise and because the destruction and lavish consumption of wealth were integral part of the funeral complex , the Cocopa " were forever barred from the accumulation of ...
... funeral rites were the main expression of Cocopa tribal enterprise and because the destruction and lavish consumption of wealth were integral part of the funeral complex , the Cocopa " were forever barred from the accumulation of ...
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... funeral ceremonies : the first , called the " Green Funeral , " takes place shortly after a death and it is then that the body is cremated ; the second , called the " Dry Funeral , " is held once a year ( or once in two years ) for all ...
... funeral ceremonies : the first , called the " Green Funeral , " takes place shortly after a death and it is then that the body is cremated ; the second , called the " Dry Funeral , " is held once a year ( or once in two years ) for all ...
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... Funeral Rites , " in The Meaning of Death , Herman Feifel Ed . , New York , McGraw Hill , 1965 , p . 189 . 70. George Peter Murdoch , Our Primitive Contemporaries , New York , The Macmillan Company , 1934 , p . 126 . 71. Raage Ugaas ...
... Funeral Rites , " in The Meaning of Death , Herman Feifel Ed . , New York , McGraw Hill , 1965 , p . 189 . 70. George Peter Murdoch , Our Primitive Contemporaries , New York , The Macmillan Company , 1934 , p . 126 . 71. Raage Ugaas ...
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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