Ultimate Ambiguities - Investigating Death and Liminality (Hardcover)

Periods of transition are often symbolically associated with death, making the latter the paradigm of liminality. Yet, many volumes on death in the social sciences and humanities do not specifically address liminality. This book investigates these "ultimate ambiguities," assuming they can pose a threat to social relationships because of the disintegrating forces of death, but they are also crucial periods of creativity, change, and emergent aspects of social and religious life. Contributors explore death and liminality from an interdisciplinary perspective and present a global range of historical and contemporary case studies outlining emotional, cognitive, artistic, social, and political implications.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2015
Editors:	Peter Berger • Justin Kroesen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	290
ISBN-13:	978-1-78238-609-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	1-78238-609-2
Barcode:	9781782386094

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