Work of the Dead
A Cultural History of Mortal Remains
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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 Diogeness 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. A fascinating chronicle of how we shape the dead and are in turn shaped by them, this is a landmark work of cultural history.
Autoren-Porträt von Thomas W. Laqueur
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 and Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation. He is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books.
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- Autor: Thomas W. Laqueur
- 2015, 736 Seiten, 18 farbige Abbildungen, 144 Abbildungen, Maße: 16,9 x 24,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- ISBN-10: 0691157782
- ISBN-13: 9780691157788
- Erscheinungsdatum: 30.10.2015
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Englisch
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