"Political Theory of Death and Dying provides a comprehensive, encyclopedic review that compiles and curates the latest scholarship, research, and debates on the political and social implications of death and dying. Adopting an easy-to-follow chronological and multi-disciplinary approach on for...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Dolgoy, Erin A. (HerausgeberIn), Hale, Kimberly Hurd 1983- (HerausgeberIn), Peabody, Bruce Garen 1969- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York ; London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2022
Schlagworte:	Geschichte Politische Philosophie Tod Sterben Death Death / Political aspects Political science / Philosophy Aufsatzsammlung
Zusammenfassung:	"Political Theory of Death and Dying provides a comprehensive, encyclopedic review that compiles and curates the latest scholarship, research, and debates on the political and social implications of death and dying. Adopting an easy-to-follow chronological and multi-disciplinary approach on forty five canonical figures and thinkers, leading scholars from a diverse range of fields, including Political Science, Philosophy, and English, discuss each thinker's ethical and philosophical accounts on mortality and death. Each chapter focuses on a single established figure in political philosophy, as well as religious and literary thinkers, covering classical to contemporary thought on death. Through this approach, the chapters are designed to stand alone, allowing the reader to study every entry in isolation and with greater depth, as well as trace how thinkers are influenced by their predecessors. A key contribution to the field, Political Theory of Death and Dying provides an excellent overview for students and researchers who study philosophy of death, the history of political thought, and political philosophy"--
Beschreibung:	xiii, 478 Seiten
ISBN:	9780367437411 9780367437381