9780804721646 - Mortality, Immortality and Other Life Strategies von Bauman, Zygmunt (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:9780804721646.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 216 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorZygmunt Bauman is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds. He is the author of many books, including Modernity and the Holocaust and Modernity and Ambivalence.Klappentext.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Zygmunt Bauman's book is a brilliant exploration, from a sociological point of view, of the 'taboo' subject in modern societies: death and dying. The book develops a new theory of the ways in which human mortality is reacted to, and dealt with, in social institutions and culture. The hypothesis explored in the book is that the necessity of human beings to live with the constant awareness of death accounts for crucial aspects of the social organization of all known societies. Two different 'life strategies' are distinguished in respect of reactions to mortality. One, 'the modern strategy,' deconstructs mortality by translating the insoluble issue of death into many specific problems of health disease which are 'soluble in principle.' The 'post-modern strategy,' is one of deconstructing immortality: life is transformed into a constant rehearsal of 'reversible death,' a substitution of 'temporary disappearance' for the irrevocable termination of life.