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Author:   Alan Blum (York University, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9781138655157

ISBN 10:   1138655155
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   06 September 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Prologue: The Dying Body as Lived Experience Introduction: Death, Mystery, Life 1. Desperation as Grey Zone 2. Fear and Trembling 3. The Collective Fantasizes Death: The Imaginary at the End of its Tether 4. Fear and Likely Stories 5. Death, Happiness and the Meaning of Life: The View from Sociology 6. Ending and Beginning Part 2: Dementia and the Look of Madness: Aging, Raging and the Poetics of Passing On 7. The Enigma of the Brain and its Place as Cause, Character, and Pretext in the Imaginary of Dementia 8. The Writing Machine: Public Health, Dementia and the Spell of the Brain as an Object of Social Enthusiasm 9. Plague Strikes the Family 10. The Cliche of Depression 11. Tragedy and Comedy 12. The Travesty of End of Life

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Alan Blum is Executive Director of the Culture of Cities Centre and Senior Professor of Sociology and Communication and Culture at York University, Canada. He is the author of The Grey Zone of Health and Illness, Theorizing, and The Imaginative Structure of the City, and co-author of On the Beginning of Social Inquiry and Self-Reflection in the Arts and Sciences.

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