Speaking of death : America's new sense of mortality /
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| Imprint: | Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2009. |
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| Description: | xvii, 321 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Psychology, religion, and spirituality, 1546-8070 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7478677 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface: Facing Our Mortality
- Introduction: The Age of Encounter-The New Reality
- Part I. Manifestations of Mortality Awareness
- Chapter 1. From Concealment to Recognition: The Discourse on Death, Dying, and Grief
- Chapter 2. Cancer Patients Facing Death: Is the Patient Who Focuses on Living in Denial of His/Her Death?
- Chapter 3. The Afterlife in Modern America
- Chapter 4. Life Extension: Proponents, Opponents, and the Social Impact of the Defeat of Death
- Chapter 5. Covering (Up?) Death: A Close Reading of Time Magazine's September 11, 2001, Special Issue
- Part II. From Awareness to Acceptance
- Chapter 6. Acceptance of Mortality: What Is Confirmed, What Is Denied
- Chapter 7. Death, Terror, Culture, and Violence: A Psychoanalytic Perspective
- Chapter 8. When the Time Is Ripe for Acceptance: Dying, with a Small "d"
- Chapter 9. Alive and Content: The Art of Living with Mortality Awareness
- Part III. Societal Aspects of the Acceptance of Dying
- Chapter 10. Coping with Mortality: A Societal Perspective
- Chapter 11. Quest for Permanence: Scientific Visions of Surviving the Eventual Demise of Our Universe
- Series Afterword
- Index
- About the Editor and Contributors
- About the Series Editor and Advisers