The Culture of Death (Hardcover)

Western culture has always been obsessed with death, but now death has taken on a new, anonymous form. The twentieth century saw the mass production of corpses through war and the triumph of technology over the human body. The new millennium has opened with global terrorism and the suspension of human rights in far-flung prison camps.We live in an age of panic, when the fear of death at any time and in any place is present. And we live in an age of apathy towards both science and institutional politics, an age which has sanctioned the rise of techno-medical and political powers which can deny our control over our own bodies and lives and the lives of others. "The Culture of Death" explores this moment to analyze our exposure to death in modern culture.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2005
First published:	April 2005
Authors:	Benjamin Noys
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-1-84520-068-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General
LSN:	1-84520-068-3
Barcode:	9781845200688

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