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Cover: 9780691157788 | The Work of the Dead | A Cultural History of Mortal Remains | Laqueur
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The Work of the Dead
A Cultural History of Mortal Remains
Buch 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. A fascinating chronicle of how we shape the dead and are in turn shaped by them, this is a landmark work of cultural history.
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. A fascinating chronicle of how we shape the dead and are in turn shaped by them, this is a landmark work of cultural history.
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: 2015
Genre: Importe
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780691157788
ISBN-10: 0691157782
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Laqueur, Thomas W.
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: 18 color illus. 101 halftones.
Maße: 246 x 167 x 52 mm
Von/Mit: Thomas W. Laqueur
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.10.2015
Gewicht: 1,187 kg
Artikel-ID: 127267648
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: 2015
Genre: Importe
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780691157788
ISBN-10: 0691157782
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Laqueur, Thomas W.
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: 18 color illus. 101 halftones.
Maße: 246 x 167 x 52 mm
Von/Mit: Thomas W. Laqueur
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.10.2015
Gewicht: 1,187 kg
Artikel-ID: 127267648
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