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- Book Title
- Western Attitudes toward Death: From the Middle Ages to the Pr
- ISBN
- 9780801817625
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801817625
ISBN-13
9780801817625
eBay Product ID (ePID)
415962
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
122 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Western Attitudes Toward Death : from the Middle Ages to the Present
Publication Year
1975
Subject
Death & Dying, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Europe / Medieval
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, History
Series
The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
5.7 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
73-019340
Reviews
Ariès traces Western man's attitudes toward mortality from the early medieval conception of death as the familiar collective destiny of the human race to the modern tendency, so pronounced in industrial societies, to hide death as if it were an embarrassing family secret., Ari s traces Western man's attitudes toward mortality from the early medieval conception of death as the familiar collective destiny of the human race to the modern tendency, so pronounced in industrial societies, to hide death as if it were an embarrassing family secret., Aris traces Western man's attitudes toward mortality from the early medieval conception of death as the familiar collective destiny of the human race to the modern tendency, so pronounced in industrial societies, to hide death as if it were an embarrassing family secret., "An astounding story, told with the incisiveness and mastery characteristic of Ariès's work." -- Robert Darnton, New York Review of Books
Dewey Edition
18
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Series Volume Number
3
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
301.15/43/1285
Table Of Content
Preface Chapter 1. Tamed Death Chapter 2. One's Own Death Chapter 3. Thy Death Chapter 4. Forbidden Death Index
Synopsis
Reveals the change in Western man's conception and acceptance of death as evidenced in customs, literature, and art since medieval times., AriA]s traces Western man's attitudes toward mortality from the early medieval conception of death as the familiar collective destiny of the human race to the modern tendency, so pronounced in industrial societies, to hide death as if it were an embarrassing family secret. -- Newsweek, ''AriA]s traces Western man's attitudes toward mortality from the early medieval conception of death as the familiar collective destiny of the human race to the modern tendency, so pronounced in industrial societies, to hide death as if it were an embarrassing family secret.'' -- Newsweek, "Ariès traces Western man's attitudes toward mortality from the early medieval conception of death as the familiar collective destiny of the human race to the modern tendency, so pronounced in industrial societies, to hide death as if it were an embarrassing family secret." -- Newsweek
LC Classification Number
HF5386
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