The Culture of Death

Noys, B. (2005) The Culture of Death. Berg, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9781845200688

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Abstract

Western culture has always been obsessed with death, but now death has taken on a new, anonymous form. The 20th 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 all 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 analyse our exposure to death in modern culture.

Table of Contents
Introduction: Exposed to Death * A New Time of Death? * The Space of Death * Politicising Death * Bioethics Death * Transgressive Death * Resisting Death * Conclusion: The Meaning of Death

Publication Type: Books
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Divisions: Academic Areas > Institute of Arts and Humanities > English and Creative Writing
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Date Deposited: 23 Oct 2012 15:10
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2021 09:07
URI: https://eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/11

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