The Circle of Life

In modern societies, secularisation, scientification, and rationalisation have had a major impact on systems of beliefs as well as everyday life. These processes influenced the meaning of liminality and rites of passage that are subject to public discourses and political, ethical, medical or legal d...

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description In modern societies, secularisation, scientification, and rationalisation have had a major impact on systems of beliefs as well as everyday life. These processes influenced the meaning of liminality and rites of passage that are subject to public discourses and political, ethical, medical or legal decisions. Since the early twentieth century they were at the centre of controversial debates, particularly with a focus on the beginning and the end of life that point to central insecurities of every society: What does human life mean? How do we define its borders? Where do we come from? And where do we head to? This interdisciplinary volume traces the history of this discourse – and its implications for today. With contributions by Marina Banitou | Anna Bauer | Thorsten Benkel | P. Boopathi | Julia Dornhöfer | Christoph Egen | Eric Benjamin Franklin | Florian Greiner | Christoph Gutenbrunner | Luisa Klatte | Wiebke Lisner | Anne Ostermann | Cornelia Weiß | Michael Zok
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1482192024-11-26T15:13:52Z The Circle of Life Greiner, Florian Zok, Michael traditions, historical perspective, social changes thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBZ Sociology: death and dying In modern societies, secularisation, scientification, and rationalisation have had a major impact on systems of beliefs as well as everyday life. These processes influenced the meaning of liminality and rites of passage that are subject to public discourses and political, ethical, medical or legal decisions. Since the early twentieth century they were at the centre of controversial debates, particularly with a focus on the beginning and the end of life that point to central insecurities of every society: What does human life mean? How do we define its borders? Where do we come from? And where do we head to? This interdisciplinary volume traces the history of this discourse – and its implications for today. With contributions by Marina Banitou | Anna Bauer | Thorsten Benkel | P. Boopathi | Julia Dornhöfer | Christoph Egen | Eric Benjamin Franklin | Florian Greiner | Christoph Gutenbrunner | Luisa Klatte | Wiebke Lisner | Anne Ostermann | Cornelia Weiß | Michael Zok 2024-11-26T15:13:45Z 2024-11-26T15:13:45Z 2024 book ONIX_20241126_9783988580641_11 9783988580641 9783988580634 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/148219 eng Thanatologische Studien | Thanatological Studies image/png Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/the-circle-of-life-gr-978-3-98858-063-4 https://doi.org/10.5771/9783988580641 Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG Rombach Wissenschaft 10.5771/9783988580641 10.5771/9783988580641 20c8b06d-3b2b-4af2-acda-fbcfdfea5744 f6793118-bc57-4923-9920-816696ff1784 9783988580641 9783988580634 Rombach Wissenschaft 4 234 Baden-Baden [...] open access
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