Product details
ISBN
9780415118545
Published
1994-11-24
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd; Routledge
Weight
317 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
138 mm
Age
UU, UP, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
240
Author
Talking about death is now fashionable, but how should we talk? Who should we listen to - priests, doctors, cousellors, or ourselves? Has psychology replaced religion in telling us how to die? This provocative book takes a sociological look at the revival of interest in death, focusing on the hospice movement and bereavement counselling. It will be required reading for anyone interested in the sociology of death and caring for the dying, the dead or bereaved.
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The current revival of interest in death seeks ultimate authority in the individual self. This is the first book to comprehensively examine this revival and relate it to theories of modernity and postmodernity.
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Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Doing It My Way 1. The Dying of Death 2. The Revival of Death 3. The Two Strands of Revival 4. Traditional, Modern and Neo-Modern Death Part II: Keeping on Listening 5. Stories and Meta-stories 6. Systems for Listening 7. Expectations and Assumptions 8. The Listening Community or the Defining Community? 9. Gaining Control, Losing Control
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Product details
ISBN
9780415118545
Published
1994-11-24
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd; Routledge
Weight
317 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
138 mm
Age
UU, UP, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
240
Author