The Circle of Life

Birth, Dying, and the Liminality of Life in Modern Times

Florian Greiner, Michael Zok (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

234 Seiten

2024
Rombach Wissenschaft (Verlag)
978-3-98858-063-4 (ISBN)

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In modern societies, secularisation, scientification, and rationalisation have had a major impact on systems of beliefs as well as everyday life. These processes influenced the meaning of liminality and rites of passage that are subject to public discourses and political, ethical, medical or legal decisions. Since the early twentieth century they were at the centre of controversial debates, particularly with a focus on the beginning and the end of life that point to central insecurities of every society: What does human life mean? How do we define its borders? Where do we come from? And where do we head to? This interdisciplinary volume traces the history of this discourse - and its implications for today. With contributions byMarina Bantiou | Anna Bauer | Thorsten Benkel | P. Boopathi | Julia Dornhöfer | Christoph Egen | Eric Benjamin Franklin | Florian Greiner | Christoph Gutenbrunner | Luisa Klatte | Wiebke Lisner | Anne Ostermann | Cornelia Weiß | Michael Zok

Erscheinungsdatum	27.11.2024
Reihe/Serie	Thanatologische Studien \| 4
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 224 mm
Gewicht	337 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
Schlagworte	Historische Perspektive • Liminalität • Soziale Veränderungen • Traditionen • Übergangsriten • Wertewandel
ISBN-10	3-98858-063-5 / 3988580635
ISBN-13	978-3-98858-063-4 / 9783988580634
Zustand	Neuware