The anxiety over death persists in everyday life- though often
denied or repressed- lingering as an unconscious worry or intuition
that typically seems to compromise one's feelings of well-being and
experience in a range of areas; coming out often as malaise,
depression, and anger in much conduct. If one accepts the cliche
that life is preparation for death, we must accept that the lived
experience of the dying body is not highlighted merely in obvious
cases of deterioration such as in the ageing or diseased body, but
in everyday life as a normal phenomenon. This book proposes that
sensitivity to this dimension can empower us to develop creative
relationships to the vulnerability of others and to ourselves as
well. Part One lays the groundwork for a study of the ways the aura
and fear of death recurs as a constant premonition in life and how
people try to deal with this uneasiness. Part Two then goes on to
apply this focus to particular concerns and problems such as
dementia, depression, aging, retirement, and a range of anxieties,
frustrations and aggressions. The Dying Body as Lived Experience
will be of interest to a wide interdisciplinary audience in the
health sciences, in the sociology of health and illness,
philosophy, bioethics and in the expanding field of medical
humanities.
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