A brief history of death / W. M. Spellman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spellman, W. M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Reaktion Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As humans, death-its certainty, its inevitability-consumes us. We make it the subject of our literature, our art, our philosophy, and our religion. Our feelings and attitudes toward our mortality and its possible afterlives have evolved greatly from the early days of mankind. Collecting these views in this topical and instructive book, W. M. Spellman considers death and dying from every angle in the Western tradition, exploring how humans understand and come to terms with the end of life. Using the work of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists, Spellman examines how interpreting

Contents:

Cover; A Brief History of Death; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; One: Preliminary Patterns; Two: Thinking Things Through; Three: Extraordinary Narratives; Four: Adverse Environments; Five: Modern Reconsiderations; Conclusion; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 9, 2014).

ISBN:

9781780235042

1780235046

9781780233055

1780233051

OCLC:

881184065