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OverviewSince the end of the last Ice Age, ten thousand or so years ago, over the period which we know as 'History', about one hundred billion people have died. Seventy million people died last year, six hundred thousand of them in the U.K. Death is on the one hand an ordinary, inevitable, everyday, predictable, mundane event. It has to be budgeted for, decisions made, and relations between the living reorganized. Half of the essays deal with this aspect of death. On the other hand, humans have always sought to transcend the mundaneness of death in burial rituals and memorials. The later essays trace the importance of the business of 'Remembrance' from early human beings, through the Icelandic Sagas to the twentieth century. A fascinating volume, with a wide general as well as academic appeal. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jon DaviesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Sheffield Academic Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9781850754695ISBN 10: 1850754691 Pages: 284 Publication Date: 01 August 1994 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJon Davies is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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