Reflecting on the Inevitable

Mortality at the Crossroads of Psychology, Philosophy, and Health

Peter J. Adams (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2020
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-094500-8 (ISBN)

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Death studies have, over the last twenty years, witnessed a flourishing of research and scholarship particularly in areas such as dying and bereavement, cultural practices and fear of dying. But, despite its importance, a specific focus on the nature of personal mortality has attracted surprisingly little attention. Reflecting on the Inevitable combines evidence from several disciplinary fields to explore the varying ways each of us engages with the prospect of personal mortality. Chapters are organized around the question of how an ongoing relationship might be possible when the threat of consciousness coming to an end points to an unspeakable nothingness. The book then argues that, despite this threat, an ongoing relationship with one's own death is still possible by means of conceptual devices, or 'enabling frames', that help shape personal mortality into a relatable object.

In each chapter the subtleties and applicability of key ideas are enhanced through a series of illustrative narratives built up around the lives of four people at different ages living in two adjacent houses. Reflecting on the Inevitable is relevant not only to academics of death studies, but also those training and practicing in people-helping professions, as well as anyone experiencing or attempting to make sense of major life events.

Peter J. Adams, PhD, has a background in philosophy, social sciences and health sciences. He was trained and practiced for many years as a clinical psychologist, working mostly with adults facing mental health, addictions, violence and life-change issues. His research publications have focused mainly on addictions, public health, unhealthy commodity industries and existential concerns and he has published five previous sole-authored books. He is currently a professor of population health at the University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand.

Chapter 1: Other People Die
Chapter 2: My-Death
Chapter 3: Limits of Intelligibility
Chapter 4: Aversion and Evasion
Chapter 5: A Constant Companion
Chapter 6: Essential Structures
Chapter 7: Passionate Suffusion
Chapter 8: Point-of-Transition
Chapter 9: Self-Generative Process
Chapter 10: Dialogue
Chapter 11: What's to Gain?
Chapter 12: Applications
Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	02.04.2020
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	236 x 157 mm
Gewicht	372 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Palliativmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Palliativpflege / Sterbebegleitung
ISBN-10	0-19-094500-1 / 0190945001
ISBN-13	978-0-19-094500-8 / 9780190945008
Zustand	Neuware