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The Work of the Dead
A Cultural History of Mortal Remains
Taschenbuch von Thomas W. Laqueur
Sprache: Englisch

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The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone else care what became of his corpse? In The Work of the Dead, acclaimed cultural historian Thomas Laqueur examines why humanity has universally rejected Diogenes's argument. No culture has been indifferent to mortal remains. Even in our supposedly disenchanted scientific age, the dead body still matters--for individuals, communities, and nations. A remarkably ambitious history, The Work of the Dead offers a compelling and richly detailed account of how and why the living have cared for the dead, from antiquity to the twentieth century.
The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone else care what became of his corpse? In The Work of the Dead, acclaimed cultural historian Thomas Laqueur examines why humanity has universally rejected Diogenes's argument. No culture has been indifferent to mortal remains. Even in our supposedly disenchanted scientific age, the dead body still matters--for individuals, communities, and nations. A remarkably ambitious history, The Work of the Dead offers a compelling and richly detailed account of how and why the living have cared for the dead, from antiquity to the twentieth century.
Über den Autor
Thomas W. Laqueur is the Helen Fawcett Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud, Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation, and Religion and Respectability: Sunday Schools and Working Class Culture, 1780-1850. He is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780691180939
ISBN-10: 0691180938
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Laqueur, Thomas W.
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 236 x 159 x 55 mm
Von/Mit: Thomas W. Laqueur
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.05.2018
Gewicht: 0,937 kg
Artikel-ID: 109866830
Über den Autor
Thomas W. Laqueur is the Helen Fawcett Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud, Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation, and Religion and Respectability: Sunday Schools and Working Class Culture, 1780-1850. He is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780691180939
ISBN-10: 0691180938
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Laqueur, Thomas W.
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 236 x 159 x 55 mm
Von/Mit: Thomas W. Laqueur
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.05.2018
Gewicht: 0,937 kg
Artikel-ID: 109866830
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