Sociology: death and dying

Social death occurs when the social existence of a person or group ceases.

Social death occurs when the social existence of a person or group ceases.

The Handbook of the Sociology of Death, Grief, and Bereavement sets issues of death and dying in a broad and holistic social context.

The Handbook of the Sociology of Death, Grief, and Bereavement sets issues of death and dying in a broad and holistic social context.

Mass violence and terrorism are a salient phenomenon in the late modern society, showing no sign of decline.

Mass violence and terrorism are a salient phenomenon in the late modern society, showing no sign of decline.

Death is an unanswerable question for humanity, the question that always remains unanswered because it lies beyond human experience.

Death is an unanswerable question for humanity, the question that always remains unanswered because it lies beyond human experience.

Put ideas into practice using theoretical concepts and real-life examples The MBA Handbook, 9th Edition by Cameron is a vital resource for MBA and other postgraduate management students to gain maximum learning benefit from their programme.

Build a strong foundation on the principles and procedures of modern forensic science.

Build a strong foundation on the principles and procedures of modern forensic science.

A convincing critique of the neglect of death in psychoanalytic theory, arguing that death has been a repressed subject in psychoanalysis.

A convincing critique of the neglect of death in psychoanalytic theory, arguing that death has been a repressed subject in psychoanalysis.

In-depth anthropological studies of the Buddhist funeral cultures of mainland Southeast Asia and China.

In-depth anthropological studies of the Buddhist funeral cultures of mainland Southeast Asia and China.

Sarah Tarlow''s interdisciplinary study examines belief as it relates to the dead body in early modern Britain and Ireland.

Sarah Tarlow''s interdisciplinary study examines belief as it relates to the dead body in early modern Britain and Ireland.

Discusses how the memory of traumatic events, such as genocide and torture, is inscribed within human bodies.

Discusses how the memory of traumatic events, such as genocide and torture, is inscribed within human bodies.

This book comprehensively examines children''s ideas about death, both biological and religious.

This book comprehensively examines children''s ideas about death, both biological and religious.

With the aspiration for a long life now achievable for many individuals, the status of old age as a distinct social position has become problematic.

Attitudes towards death are shaped by our social worlds.

This book provides a shortform definitive reference text on the landscape and features of Aotearoa New Zealand that underpin its familiar, though country-specific, ways of caring for the dead.

Just as the sinking of the Titanic is embedded in the public consciousness in the English-speaking world, so the crash of JAL flight JL123 is part of the Japanese collective memory.

Just as the sinking of the Titanic is embedded in the public consciousness in the English-speaking world, so the crash of JAL flight JL123 is part of the Japanese collective memory.

Public health approaches to palliative care have been growing in policy importance and practice acceptance.

Public health approaches to palliative care have been growing in policy importance and practice acceptance.

Slavery, lynching and capital punishment were interwoven in the United States and by the mid-twentieth century these connections gave rise to a small but well-focused reform movement.

Slavery, lynching and capital punishment were interwoven in the United States and by the mid-twentieth century these connections gave rise to a small but well-focused reform movement.

Medical advances prolong life.

Medical advances prolong life.

Sociological and psychiatric studies on suicide based on Western ideas about human nature see suicide as social or individual disorder.

Sociological and psychiatric studies on suicide based on Western ideas about human nature see suicide as social or individual disorder.

From Nietzsche's pronouncement that "e;God is dead"e; to Camus' argument that suicide is the fundamental question of philosophy, the concept of death plays an important role in existential phenomenology, reaching from Kierkegaard to Heidegger and Marcel.

From Nietzsche's pronouncement that "e;God is dead"e; to Camus' argument that suicide is the fundamental question of philosophy, the concept of death plays an important role in existential phenomenology, reaching from Kierkegaard to Heidegger and Marcel.

Women occupy a privileged place in horror film.

Women occupy a privileged place in horror film.

Where are the dead?

Where are the dead?

Considering the potential and peril of Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews (DARDRs) in England and Wales as a way of learning from domestic abuserelated deaths, this book examines what DARDRs - first known as Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) - are understood as being for, what is used by and in DARDRs, and how DARDRs are themselves used.

Taking as its focus a highly emotive area of study, The Dying Process draws on the experiences of daycare and hospice patients to provide a forceful new analysis of the period of decline prior to death.

Taking as its focus a highly emotive area of study, The Dying Process draws on the experiences of daycare and hospice patients to provide a forceful new analysis of the period of decline prior to death.

Bereavement is often treated as a psychological condition of the individual with both healthy and pathological forms.

Bereavement is often treated as a psychological condition of the individual with both healthy and pathological forms.

The definitive reference on the anthropology of death and dying, expanded with new contributions covering everything from animal mourning to mortuary cannibalism Few subjects stir the imagination more than the study of how people across cultures deal with death and dying.

The definitive reference on the anthropology of death and dying, expanded with new contributions covering everything from animal mourning to mortuary cannibalism Few subjects stir the imagination more than the study of how people across cultures deal with death and dying.

The Routledge Handbook of Law and Death provides a comprehensive survey of contemporary scholarship on the intersections of law and death in the 21st century.

A comprehensive survey of how religions understand death, dying, and the afterlife, drawing on examples from Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Shamanic perspectives.