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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying

Hospice or Hemlock? - Searching for Heroic Compassion (Hardcover): Constance Putnam Hospice or Hemlock? - Searching for Heroic Compassion (Hardcover)
Constance Putnam
R2,773 Discovery Miles 27 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

End-of-life decision making is often viewed from an academic perspective, which can obscure the debate's central human concerns. This guide introduces general readers to people with personal stakes in the right-to-die conundrum. Putnam provides practical assistance to readers and their loved ones, simultaneously incorporating the abstract and theoretical analysis essential to examining how we die in contemporary Western society. She also presents the backgrounds of the Hospice and Right-to-Die (Hemlock) Movements.

To elucidate the human side of the debate, Putnam profiles and interviews six important figures:

Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern Hospice Movement

Derek Humphry, founder of The Hemlock Society in the U.S.

Herbert Cohen, an early leader in euthanasia circles in The Netherlands

Timothy Quill, whose assistance in a patient suicide resulted in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court

Joanne Lynn, founder of Americans for Better Care for the Dying

Jack Kevorkian (profiled, but unavailable for interview)

Another unique feature of this book is the application of philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson's general theory of rights to the very specific right to die. Pointing to potential compatibilities between the two positions, she concludes that heroic compassion does not require a final choice between Hospice and Hemlock--there may be room enough for both.

Early Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries - Kinship, Community and Identity (Hardcover): Duncan Sayer Early Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries - Kinship, Community and Identity (Hardcover)
Duncan Sayer
R959 Discovery Miles 9 590 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This book is available as an open access ebook under a CC-BY licence. Early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries are known for their grave goods, but this abundance obscures their interest as the creations of pluralistic, multi-generational communities. This book explores over one hundred early Anglo-Saxon and Merovingian cemeteries, using a multi-dimensional methodology to move beyond artefacts. It offers an alternative way to explore the horizontal organisation of cemeteries from a holistically focused perspective. The physical communication of digging a grave and laying out a body was used to negotiate the arrangement of a cemetery and to construct family and community stories. This approach foregrounds community, because people used and reused cemetery spaces to emphasise different characteristics of the deceased, based on their own attitudes, lifeways and live experiences. This book will appeal to scholars of Anglo-Saxon studies and will be of value to archaeologists interested in mortuary spaces, communities and social archaeology. -- .

Death and the Ancestors - A Study of the Mortuary Customs of the LoDagaa of West Africa (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Jack... Death and the Ancestors - A Study of the Mortuary Customs of the LoDagaa of West Africa (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Jack Goody
R6,767 Discovery Miles 67 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Deliberately considering relevant theories put forward by earlier writers and examining them in the light of the research for this particular book, the author spent over 100 days attending funeral ceremonies and he attended 25 burial services. Chapters include: The Analysis of Ceremony and Rite The Day of Death Adjustment to Loss Income and Outlay The Causes of Death Property Inheritance Ancestors. First published in 1962.

Widows and their families (Hardcover): Peter Marris Widows and their families (Hardcover)
Peter Marris
R7,927 Discovery Miles 79 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

One of the first books to be published in the UK on bereavement, this ground-breaking study presents the results of a survey of widows in London. Focussing on younger women whose husbands had died the book deals first with grief and mourning then examines the consequences of bereavement through the help of relatives and friends and the changes it brings about to the widow's family life. Throughout the book the consequences of widowhood are discussed with relevance to psychological theory and to national policy. Originally published in 1958.

Katie's Diary - Unlocking the Mystery of a Suicide (Hardcover): David Lester Katie's Diary - Unlocking the Mystery of a Suicide (Hardcover)
David Lester
R3,430 Discovery Miles 34 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Contents:
Preface. D. Lester, Introduction: The Study of Personal Documents. Part 1: Katie. Who is Katie? D. Lester, The Diary: The Last Month. Part 2: Commentaries. J. W. Pennebacker, L. D. Stone, What does Her Language Tell Us? A Linguistic Analysis of Katie's Diary. A. A. Leenaars, Katie: A Protocol Analysis of her Diary. R. Fournier, Heart and Soul: Katie's Yearning for Well-being Amidst Chaos and Confusion. J. Hollis, Not Waving but Drowning: A Jungian Perspective on Katie. D. Lester, The Ophelia Complex. T. E. Ellis, Thoughts of Katie: A Cognitive Perspective. S. S. Canetto, Why did You Kill Yourself? L. Firestone, The Treatment of Katie. Part 3: Conclusion. D. Lester, Final Thoughts: Did Writing a Diary Help or Halm Katie?

The Contemporary Deathbed - The Ultimate Rush (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): John Anthony Tercier The Contemporary Deathbed - The Ultimate Rush (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
John Anthony Tercier
R1,539 Discovery Miles 15 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How do we picture ourselves dying? A 'death with dignity', the darkened room, and a few murmured farewells? Or in the lights' flashing, siren wailing, chest-pumping maelstrom of the back of an ambulance hurtling towards an ER? Over the last decade, the two most robust vehicles of popular culture: film and television, have opted for the latter scenario. This book examines the hi-tech death of the twenty-first century as enacted in our hospitals and as portrayed on our TV screens.

Oak Ridge Cemetery (Hardcover): Edward J. Russo, Curtis R. Mann Oak Ridge Cemetery (Hardcover)
Edward J. Russo, Curtis R. Mann; Introduction by Tim Davlin
R781 R686 Discovery Miles 6 860 Save R95 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Death and Anti-Death, Volume 9 - One Hundred Years After Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911) (Hardcover): Charles Tandy Death and Anti-Death, Volume 9 - One Hundred Years After Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911) (Hardcover)
Charles Tandy; Contributions by Gary L. Herstein, Sinclair T. Wang
R1,642 R1,340 Discovery Miles 13 400 Save R302 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Death And Anti-Death, Volume 9: One Hundred Years After Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911) is edited by Charles Tandy, Ph.D.: ISBN 978-1-934297-13-1 is the Hardback edition and ISBN 978-1-934297-14-8 is the Paperback edition. Volume 9, as indicated by the anthology's subtitle, is in honor of Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911). The chapters do not necessarily mention him (but some chapters do). The chapters (by professional philosophers and other professional scholars) are directed to issues related to death, life extension, and anti-death, broadly construed. Most of the contributions consist of scholarship unique to this volume. As was the case with all previous volumes in the Death And Anti-Death Series By Ria University Press, the anthology includes an Index as well as an Abstracts section that serves as an extended table of contents. (Volume 9 also includes a BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS section.) Volume 9 includes chapters by some of the world's leading living thinkers and doers. There are 13 chapters, as follows: ------CHAPTER ONE Contingency, Autonomy And Inanity: Cornelius Castoriadis On Human Mortality (by Giorgio Baruchello) pages 27-54; ------CHAPTER TWO Cryonics: Introduction And Technical Challenges (by Ben Best) pages 55-74; ------CHAPTER THREE Technological Revolutions: Ethics And Policy In The Dark (by Nick Bostrom) pages 75-108; ------CHAPTER FOUR Is Personalism Dead At Boston University? (by Thomas O. Buford) pages 109-136; ------CHAPTER FIVE Practical Lessons In Preparing For Cryonic Suspension: The Example Of Robert Ettinger, Patient 106 (by David Ettinger and Connie Ettinger) pages 137-146; ------CHAPTER SIX Bad Metaphysics Does Not Make For Good Science (by Gary L. Herstein) pages 147-164; ------CHAPTER SEVEN Open Theism (by J. R. Lucas) pages 165-174; ------CHAPTER EIGHT Fostering Death In A Culture Of Life: The Ambiguous Legacy Of The Marketing Of Cryonics (by David Pascal) pages 175-198; ------CHAPTER NINE Agony As Entrancement: Dying Out Of Too Much Life: Emil Cioran And The Metaphysical Experience Of Death (by Horia Patrascu) pages 199-226; ------CHAPTER TEN Options For Proactive Cryopreservation (by R. Michael Perry) pages 227-236; ------CHAPTER ELEVEN The Many Worlds Of Dilthey: A Modest Defense Of The Irreducibility Of Meaning (by Charles Taliaferro) pages 237-248; ------CHAPTER TWELVE John Rawls And The Death Of Scarcity: A "Force Of Nature" Original Position (by Charles Tandy) pages 249-280; ------CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Convergence Of Nanotechnology, Biotechnology And Information Technology - The Potential Unlimited Renewable Resource Generation For The Extension Of Sustainability (by Sinclair T. Wang) pages 281-328. ------The INDEX begins on page 329.

The Quest for Immortality - Hidden Treasures of Egypt (Hardcover): Erik Hornung, Betsy M. Bryan The Quest for Immortality - Hidden Treasures of Egypt (Hardcover)
Erik Hornung, Betsy M. Bryan
R602 R557 Discovery Miles 5 570 Save R45 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ancient Egyptian antiquities are dominated by art and artifacts depicting the Netherworld -- the alternate universe mummified bodies would enter at the end of their physical lives, where they would live on for eternity. In this dazzling book, photographs and exhaustive texts illustrate how the promise of a glorious rebirth pervaded the daily life of Egyptians, from commoners to the most powerful pharaohs.

The Quest for Immortality accompanies an exhibition of Egyptian funerary art by the same name, which dates from nearly two thousand years before the Christian era. Drawn from the collection of Cairo's Egyptian Museum, this major exhibition opens at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in 2002 and travels throughout the United States over a five-year period before an extended tour in Europe. Objects such as coffins, tombs, masks, jewelry, papyri, sarcophagi, and monumental and small-scale sculpture reveal the reverence and awe with which this highly developed ancient culture considered the mystery of death. Fascinating essays explore Egyptian art history, customs, and worship, with specific focus on the Amduat, a book devoted to the pharaoh's twelve-hour journey to the afterlife. Additional writings detail the background of the collection and focus upon the role of art in ancient Egypt. Throughout, readers will experience the artistry of the ancient Egyptians as it comes to life in this magnificent book.

The Politics of Children's Survival (Hardcover, New): George Kent The Politics of Children's Survival (Hardcover, New)
George Kent
R2,771 Discovery Miles 27 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The central concern of this pioneering study is the high rate of child mortality worldwide and the prospects for its reduction. Taking as his major focus socioeconomic factors and their effect on children's survival, George Kent asks not only what technical interventions might be undertaken within meager health budgets, but also why are those budgets so inadequate? He examines the social and political roots of child mortality around the world and finds that the problem arises from widespread powerlessness in the populations of less developed countries. Thus, he argues, remedies should center on strategies of empowerment, designed in such a way that their benefits persist long after the intervention has ended.

Following an introductory chapter which describes overall patterns of children's mortality, the author examines the individual and household factors which contribute to the problem and the programmatic responses associated with these factors. Subsequent chapters explore child survival in relation to larger societal issues, discussing in turn food, poverty, war, repression, and population as they affect child mortality. Kent then turns his attention to strategies for child survival that are sensitive to these social factors. Separate chapters address alternative designs of social systems, the idea of viewing children as a form of human capital, the problem of motivating the politically powerful to support child-survival work, rethinking the meaning of national development, and the challenge of planning for children's survival in concrete, site-specific situations. Finally, Kent discusses the potential of national and international law and institutions for improving children's prospects. An ideal supplemental text for courses in economic development and political economy, this book is also essential reading for policymakers and relief organization managers concerned with the widespread problem of child mortality.

Palliative Care and End-of-Life Decisions (Hardcover, New): G. Smith Palliative Care and End-of-Life Decisions (Hardcover, New)
G. Smith
R1,835 Discovery Miles 18 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

George P. Smith's "Palliative Care and End-of-Life Decisions" completes a Bioethics-Health Care epistemology begun in 1989, which addresses the specific issue of managing palliative care at the end-stage of life. Smith argues forcefully that in order to palliate the whole person (encompassing physical and psychological states), an ethic of adjusted care requires recognition of a fundamental right to avoid cruel and unusual suffering from terminal illness. Specifically, this book urges wider consideration and use of terminal sedation as efficacious medical care and as a reasonable procedure in order to safeguard a 'right' to a dignified death. The principle of medical futility is seen as a proper construct for implementing this process.
The state legislative responses of California, Vermont, and Washington in enacting Death with Dignity legislation - allowing those with end-stage terminal illness to receive pharmacological assistance in ending their own lives - is held by Smith to be not only commendable, but the proper response for enlightened state action.

End of Life and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability - Contemporary Issues, Challenges, Experiences and... End of Life and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability - Contemporary Issues, Challenges, Experiences and Practice (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Roger J. Stancliffe, Michele Y. Wiese, Philip Mccallion, Mary McCarron
R4,263 Discovery Miles 42 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book on end of life examines how to include people with intellectual and developmental disability in the inevitability of dying and death. Comprising 17 chapters, it addresses challenging and under-researched topics including suicide, do-not-resuscitate, advance care planning, death doulas and accessible funerals. Topics reflect everyday community, palliative care, hospice and disability services. The book proposes that the rights of people with disabilities should be supported up to and after their death. Going beyond problem identification, the chapters offer positive, evidence-supported responses that translate research to practice, together with practice examples and resources grounded in lived experience. The book is applicable to readers from the disability field, and mainstream health professionals who assist people with disability in emergency care, palliative care or end-of-life planning

Gone to the Grave - Burial Customs of the Arkansas Ozarks, 1850-1950 (Hardcover): Abby Burnett Gone to the Grave - Burial Customs of the Arkansas Ozarks, 1850-1950 (Hardcover)
Abby Burnett
R3,209 Discovery Miles 32 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Before there was a death care industry where professional funeral directors offered embalming and other services, residents of the Arkansas Ozarks--and, for that matter, people throughout the South--buried their own dead. Every part of the complicated, labor-intensive process was handled within the deceased's community. This process included preparation of the body for burial, making a wooden coffin, digging the grave, and overseeing the burial ceremony, as well as observing a wide variety of customs and superstitions.

These traditions, especially in rural communities, remained the norm up through the end of World War II, after which a variety of factors, primarily the loss of manpower and the rise of the funeral industry, brought about the end of most customs.

"Gone to the Grave," a meticulous autopsy of this now vanished way of life and death, documents mourning and practical rituals through interviews, diaries and reminiscences, obituaries, and a wide variety of other sources. Abby Burnett covers attempts to stave off death; passings that, for various reasons, could not be mourned according to tradition; factors contributing to high maternal and infant mortality; and the ways in which loss was expressed though obituaries and epitaphs. A concluding chapter examines early undertaking practices and the many angles funeral industry professionals worked to convince the public of the need for their services.

Suicide Among the Elderly in Long-Term Care Facilities (Hardcover, New): Barbara Brant, Aaron P. Lipman, Nancy Osgood Suicide Among the Elderly in Long-Term Care Facilities (Hardcover, New)
Barbara Brant, Aaron P. Lipman, Nancy Osgood
R2,772 Discovery Miles 27 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the first large-scale study of suicide in a population of institutionalized older adults. From their findings, the authors identify the most "at risk" groups and highlight the major factors contributing to suicide in older adults in institutions. The study described in this work employed a sample survey design. More than 1000 administrators of long-term care facilities in the United States were randomly selected and surveyed about their staff and facilities, and the incidence and type of suicidal behaviors which occurred among residents in 1984 and 1985. Results of the study confirmed that suicidal behavior occurred in approximately 20 percent of the facilities who responded. High risk groups of residents included white males and the "old-old" (75 years and older). The survey reveals that certain environmental factors such as the size of the facility, staff turnover rate, per diem cost, and auspices (public, private, and religious) were related to the occurrence and outcome of suicidal behavior. Suggestions for suicide prevention, based on these findings, are also presented. The book is divided into three parts. Part One examines various types of long-term care facilities, including skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, and adult homes. Part Two highlights design, methodology, and findings from the national study of suicide in long-term care facilities. Case profiles of suicidal residents are included to provide a more personal account of suicide behavior, and to illustrate important factors in the older individual's decision to end her/his life. Case profiles of four institutions are also included to highlight environmental factors related to suicidalbehavior. Part Three focuses on suicide prevention. Suggestions on the treatment of depression in the elderly, suicide prevention techniques, and the ethics of suicide are discussed in detail. This book makes valuable reading for professionals involved in the care of the elderly.

Almost a Mother - Love, Loss, and Finding Your People When Your Baby Dies (Hardcover): Christy Wopat Almost a Mother - Love, Loss, and Finding Your People When Your Baby Dies (Hardcover)
Christy Wopat
R729 Discovery Miles 7 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Social Tragedy - The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecology (Hardcover): S. Baker Social Tragedy - The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecology (Hardcover)
S. Baker
R1,938 Discovery Miles 19 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A social tragedy is a collective representation of injustice. Baker demonstrates how social tragedies facilitate moral action and discusses a series of contemporary case studies - the death of Princess Diana, Zinedine Zidane's 2006 World Cup scandal, KONY 2012 - to examine their social and political effects.

Death Customs (Hardcover, New edition): E Bendann Death Customs (Hardcover, New edition)
E Bendann
R5,820 Discovery Miles 58 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published between 1920-70, the "History of Civilization" was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings: "Prehistory and Historical Ethnography" set of 12 (0-415-15611-4, u800); "Greek Civilization" set of 7 (0-415-15612-2, u450); "Roman Civilization" set of 6 (0-415-15613-0, u400); "Eastern Civilizations" set of 10 (0-415-15614-9, u650); "Judaeo-Christian Civilization" set of 4 (0-415-15615-7, u250); "European Civilization" set of 11 (0-415-15616-5, u700).

A Gaping Wound - Mourning in Italian Poetry (Hardcover): Adele Bardazzi, Francesco Giusti, Emanuela Tandello A Gaping Wound - Mourning in Italian Poetry (Hardcover)
Adele Bardazzi, Francesco Giusti, Emanuela Tandello
R2,695 Discovery Miles 26 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Power of Death - Contemporary Reflections on Death in Western Society (Paperback): Maria-Jose Blanco, Ricarda Vidal The Power of Death - Contemporary Reflections on Death in Western Society (Paperback)
Maria-Jose Blanco, Ricarda Vidal
R889 Discovery Miles 8 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The social and cultural changes of the last century have transformed death from an everyday fact to something hidden from view. Shifting between the practical and the theoretical, the professional and the intimate, the real and the fictitious, this collection of essays explores the continued power of death over our lives. It examines the idea and experience of death from an interdisciplinary perspective, including studies of changing burial customs throughout Europe; an account of a"dying party" in the Netherlands; examinations of the fascination with violent death in crime fiction and the phenomenon of serial killer art; analyses of death and bereavement in poetry, fiction, and autobiography; and a look at audience reactions to depictions of death on screen. By studying and considering how death is thought about in the contemporary era, we might restore the natural place it has in our lives.

Rational Suicide? - Implications for Mental Health Professionals (Hardcover): James L. Werth Jr. Rational Suicide? - Implications for Mental Health Professionals (Hardcover)
James L. Werth Jr.
R4,164 Discovery Miles 41 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Continuing Bonds - New Understandings of Grief (Hardcover): Dennis Klass, Phyllis R. Silverman, Steven Nickman Continuing Bonds - New Understandings of Grief (Hardcover)
Dennis Klass, Phyllis R. Silverman, Steven Nickman
R3,451 Discovery Miles 34 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1996. This new book gives voice to an emerging consensus among bereavement scholars that our understanding of the grief process needs to be expanded. The dominant 20th century model holds that the function of grief and mourning is to cut bonds with the deceased, thereby freeing the survivor to reinvest in new relationships in the present. Pathological grief has been defined in terms of holding on to the deceased. Close examination reveals that this model is based more on the cultural values of modernity than on any substantial data of what people actually do. Presenting data from several populations, 22 authors - among the most respected in their fields - demonstrate that the health resolution of grief enables one to maintain a continuing bond with the deceased. Despite cultural disapproval and lack of validation by professionals, survivors find places for the dead in their on-going lives and even in their communities. Such bonds are not denial: the deceased can provide resources for enriched functioning in the present. Chapters examine widows and widowers, bereaved children, parents and siblings, and a population previously excluded from bereavement research: adoptees and their birth parents. Bereavement in Japanese culture is also discussed, as are meanings and implications of this new model of grief. Opening new areas of research and scholarly dialogue, this work provides the basis for significant developments in clinical practice in the field.

Compassion-Based Approaches in Loss and Grief (Paperback): Darcy L.  Harris, Andy H. Y. Ho Compassion-Based Approaches in Loss and Grief (Paperback)
Darcy L. Harris, Andy H. Y. Ho
R1,060 Discovery Miles 10 600 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

- This book integrates compassionate-based approaches with current theories and practices in loss, grief, and bereavement to provide readers with new insights and understanding on supporting patients, families, and healthcare workers facing the many challenges associated with loss and grief. - This book provides a holistic overview on the theoretical foundations of compassion, with in-depth discussions on the essential components of compassion training, as well as practical examples on how compassionate-based approaches can be applied in situations of loss, grief, and bereavement. - This book consolidates and presents the most innovative and cutting-edge research, interventions, and techniques on compassionate-based approaches from international leaders in the field to offer diverse perspectives on the applications of compassion based approaches to a variety of settings relevant to loss and grief. -This book draws upon current practices in compassion that are readily applicable to both clinicians and their clients alike, helping to develop greater capacity and insight into the loss and grief that we experience in our lives.

Dying - Facing the Facts (Hardcover, 3rd edition): Hannelore Wass, Robert A. Neimeyer Dying - Facing the Facts (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Hannelore Wass, Robert A. Neimeyer
R4,666 Discovery Miles 46 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Contents:
Part 1: Contexts and Perspectives; Death and Politics: A Psychosocial Perspective; Living Our Dying and Our Grieving: Historical and Cultural Attitudes. Part 2: Data; Death Anxiety; The Dying Process; Institutional Dying: A Convergence of Cultural Values, Technology and Social Organisation; Care of the Dying: The Hospice Approach; Legal Perspectives on Planning for Death. Part 3: Issues and Challenges; AIDS: The Second Decade; Suicide; Rights and the Dying; The Definition of Death: Problems for Public Policy. Part 4: Conclusion; Some Closing Reflections; Resources.

Contemplating Suicide - The Language and Ethics of Self-Harm (Hardcover): Gavin J. Fairbairn, Gavin Fairbairn Contemplating Suicide - The Language and Ethics of Self-Harm (Hardcover)
Gavin J. Fairbairn, Gavin Fairbairn
R4,478 Discovery Miles 44 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Suicide has long posed problems for philosophy. Philosophers, such Albert Camus, have situated in the center of the debate about metaphysics and the meaning of life. Hegel understood death to be the raison d'etre of philosophical project. And scores of other since them have treated suicide as central to the West's understanding of itself. In "Contemplating Suicide," Gavin Fairbairn takes a fresh and philosophical look at suicide. He examines the nomenclature of suicide, and how the language of suicide affects our understanding and denigration of "suicidal bodies."
Fairbairn offers cogent reasons for abandoning the mindless use of terms such as "attempted suicide" and "parasuicide," and introduces a number of terms including "cosmic roulette," which he uses to describe a family of human acts in which people gamble with their lives.
By elaborating a richer model of suicidal self harm than most philosophers and most practitioners of caring professions currently inhabit, Fairbairn has contributed to the development of understanding in this area. Among other things a richer model and vocabulary may reduce the likelihood that those who come into contact with suicidal self harm, will believe that familiarity with the physical facts of the matter - the actions of the suicider and the presence or absence of a corpse - is always sufficient to justify a definite conclusion about the nature of the self harming act.

Between Poverty and the Pyre - Moments in the History of Widowhood (Hardcover): Jan Bremmer, Lourens Van Den Bosch Between Poverty and the Pyre - Moments in the History of Widowhood (Hardcover)
Jan Bremmer, Lourens Van Den Bosch
R3,887 Discovery Miles 38 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Between Poverty and the Pyre examines the history of the experience of widowhood across different cultures. It brings together a collection of essays by historians, anthropologists and philologists. The book shows how difficult it is to define the 'typical' widow, as the experiences of these women have differed so widely, not simply because of their different time periods and locations, but also becuase of their varying legal and religious status and economic conditions.
The study is diverse with subjects ranging from:
*Hindu wives who followed their husbands to the pyre
*widows who were burned as witches
*and widows who had to become prostitutes to stay alive.
The book also explores Jesus's interest in widows and the experience of some well-known widows, such as Mohammed's first wife.

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