Death And Anti-Death, Volume 1 - One Hundred Years After N. F. Fedorov (1829-1903) (Hardcover)

Death And Anti-Death, Volume 1: One Hundred Years After N. F. Fedorov (1829-1903)Charles Tandy, Ph.D., EditorISBN 0-9743472-0-5Ria University Press (Palo Alto, California USA) The anthology discusses a number of interdisciplinary cultural, psychological, metaphysical, and moral issues and controversies related to death, life extension, and anti-death. This first volume in the series (The Death And Anti-Death Series By Ria University Press) is in honor of the 19th century Russian philosopher N. F. Fedorov. (Some of the contributions are about Fedorov; most are not.) Each of the 17 chapters includes a selected or short bibliography. The anthology also contains an Introduction and an Index -- as well as an Abstracts section that serves as an extended table of contents. A variety of differing points of view are presented and argued. Most of the 400-plus pages consists of contributions unique to this volume. Although of interest to the general reader, the anthology functions well as a textbook for university courses in culture studies, death-related controversies, ethics, futuristics, humanities, interdisciplinary studies, life extension issues, metaphysics, and psychology. Professional philosophers and scholars contributing to this volume include the following: Giorgio Baruchello, Ph.D.; Troy T. Catterson, Ph.D.; John M. Collins, Ph.D.; Anthony S. Dawber, M.A.; Richard Greene, Ph.D.; William Grey, Ph.D.; Julian Lamont, Ph.D.; Jack Li, Ph.D.; Steven Luper, Ph.D.; Harry R. Moody, Ph.D.; Robert R. Newport, M.D.; Scott David O'Reilly; James P. Scanlan, Ph.D.; Daniela Steila, Ph.D.; David S. Stodolsky, Ph.D.; Charles Tandy, Ph.D.; Mark Taormina; Werner J. Wagner, Ph.D.; George M. Young, Ph.D.

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Imprint:	Ria University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2003
First published:	September 2003
Editors:	Charles Tandy
Contributors:	Troy T Catterson • Jack Li
Dimensions:	140 x 216 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Laminated cover
Pages:	444
ISBN-13:	978-0-9743472-0-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
LSN:	0-9743472-0-5
Barcode:	9780974347202

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