Mirrors of passing: unlocking the mysteries of death, materiality, and time

Without exception, all people are faced with the inevitability of death, a stark fact that has immeasurably shaped societies and individual consciousness for the whole of human history. Mirrors of Passing offers a powerful window into this oldest of human preoccupations by investigating the interrel...

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Weitere Verfasser: Seebach, Sophie ca. 20./21. Jh (HerausgeberIn), Willerslev, Rane 1971- (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books [2018]
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Zusammenfassung:Without exception, all people are faced with the inevitability of death, a stark fact that has immeasurably shaped societies and individual consciousness for the whole of human history. Mirrors of Passing offers a powerful window into this oldest of human preoccupations by investigating the interrelationships of death, materiality, and temporality across far-flung times and places. Stretching as far back as Ancient Egypt and Greece and moving through present-day locales as diverse as Western Europe, Central Asia, and the Arctic, each of the richly illustrated essays collected here draw on a range of disciplinary insights to explore some of the most fundamental, universal questions that confront us
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Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 294 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781785338953
DOI:10.1515/9781785338953

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