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"Death is at once a universal and everyday, but also an extraordinary experience in the lives of those affected. Death and bereavement are thereby intensified at (and frequently contained within) certain sites and regulated spaces, such as the hospital, the cemetery and the mortuary. However, death also affects and unfolds in many other spaces: the home, public spaces and places of worship, sites of accident, tragedy and violence. Such spaces, or Deathscapes, are intensely private and personal places, while often simultaneously being shared, collective, sites of experience and remembrance; each place mediated through the intersections of emotion, body, belief, culture, society and the state. Bringing together geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, cultural studies academics and historians among others, this book focuses on the relationships between space/place and death/ bereavement in 'western' societies. Addressing three broad themes: the place of death; the place of final disposition; and spaces of remembrance and representation, the chapters reflect a variety of scales ranging from the mapping of bereavement on the individual or in private domestic space, through to sites of accident, battle, burial, cremation and remembrance in public space. The book also examines social and cultural changes in death and bereavement practices, including personalisation and secularisation. Other social trends are addressed by chapters on green and garden burial, negotiating emotion in public/ private space, remembrance of violence and disaster, and virtual space. A meshing of material and 'more-than-representational' approaches consider the nature, culture, economy and politics of Deathscapes - what are in effect some of the most significant places in human society"--Back cover.

Philosophical anthropology --- Sociology of culture --- Death. --- Bereavement. --- Mort --- Deuil --- Loss of loved ones by death --- Consolation --- Death --- Loss (Psychology) --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Philosophy --- Mort. --- Deuil. --- deaths. --- mourning. --- Tod. --- Brauch. --- Bestattung. --- Totengedächtnis. --- Bereavement

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In Visual Cultures of Death in Central Europe , Aleksandra Koutny-Jones explores the emergence of a remarkable cultural preoccupation with death in Poland-Lithuania (1569-1795). Examining why such interests resonated so strongly in the Baroque art of this Commonwealth, she argues that the printing revolution, the impact of the Counter-Reformation, and multiple afflictions suffered by Poland-Lithuania all contributed to a deep cultural concern with mortality. Introducing readers to a range of art, architecture and material culture, this study considers various visual evocations of death including 'Dance of Death' imagery, funerary decorations, coffin portraiture, tomb chapels and religious landscapes. These, Koutny-Jones argues, engaged with wider European cultures of contemplation and commemoration, while also being critically adapted to the specific context of Poland-Lithuania.

History of civilization --- Iconography --- Poland --- Lithuania --- Death in art. --- Art and society --- Death --- Mort dans l'art --- Art et société --- Mort --- Social aspects --- Aspect social --- Art et société --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Art --- Art and sociology --- Society and art --- Sociology and art --- Philosophy --- dood

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Social work with the terminally ill --- Social work with older people --- Social Work. --- Terminal Care --- Palliative Care --- Social work with older people. --- Social work with the terminally ill. --- Aspect psychologique. --- Personne âgée. --- Soins en phase terminale. --- psychology. --- Social work with the aged --- Gerontological social work --- Geriatric social work --- Service, Social --- Social Service --- Services, Social --- Social Services --- Work, Social --- Social Work --- psychology --- Palliative Surgery --- Palliative Therapy --- Surgery, Palliative --- Therapy, Palliative --- Palliative Treatment --- Care, Palliative --- Palliative Treatments --- Treatment, Palliative --- Treatments, Palliative --- End of Life Care --- Care End, Life --- Care Ends, Life --- Care, Terminal --- Life Care End --- Life Care Ends --- Medical social work --- Terminally ill --- Older people --- Pain --- Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing --- Palliative Medicine --- Death --- Advance Care Planning --- Child Protective Services --- Palliative Supportive Care --- Supportive Care, Palliative --- Physiology: reproduction & development. Ages of life --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Geriatric nursing --- Psychology --- End-Of-Life Care --- Care, End-Of-Life --- End-Of-Life Cares --- Social Intervention --- Social Service Intervention --- Social Work Intervention --- Intervention, Social --- Intervention, Social Service --- Intervention, Social Work --- Interventions, Social Work --- Service Intervention, Social --- Social Interventions --- Social Service Interventions --- Social Work Interventions --- Work Intervention, Social

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Singer shows just why our traditional ethic of life and death is collapsing all around us - but instead of lamenting the fact, as traditional moralists do, he sees it as an opportunity to move forward to a more soundly based approach. In discussing themes like euthanasia, brain death, abortion, and the treatment of patients in a persistent vegetative state, Singer boldly discards the old rhetoric and meaningless cliches about the sanctity of human life. Instead he produces a fresh account of when life should be regarded as precious and worth preserving, and when it should not be. Using provocative case studies, Singer vividly describes the break-up of our current ethic of life and death. He asks penetrating questions like: What are the results of the classic Dutch experiment with voluntary euthanasia? What are its implications for the future and will a similar system work in the United States? Is the definition of death in terms of "brain death" a medical judgment? Or is it an ethical choice based on our need for organs and the emotional and financial futility of keeping human beings in this state alive? Why do we consider it wrong to take organs from a baby born without a brain, but acceptable to take them from an ape? Is it really possible to defend abortion on the grounds of "choice" or do we have to make up our minds first about the status of the fetus and whether it has rights in the first place? With Rethinking Life and Death, Peter Singer describes a world that has already begun to be revolutionized by twenty-first-century technology, and in doing so, provides us all with a profound reexamination of the ethics that govern how we live and how we die.

Medical ethics --- Life --- Death --- Biomedical ethics --- Clinical ethics --- Ethics, Medical --- Health care ethics --- Medical care --- Medicine --- Bioethics --- Professional ethics --- Nursing ethics --- Social medicine --- Dying --- End of life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Philosophy --- Medical ethics. --- Biologische doeleinden. Bio-ethiek; bioethiek. Übermensch. Medische deontologie --- 17.023.33 Biologische doeleinden. Bio-ethiek; bioethiek. Übermensch. Medische deontologie --- 17.023.33 --- 174.2 --- 174.2 Beroepsmoraal van de artsen. Medische beroepsethiek --- Beroepsmoraal van de artsen. Medische beroepsethiek --- Right to life --- Euthanasia --- Ethique médicale --- Droit à la vie --- Euthanasie --- Life and death, Power over. --- Bioethics. --- Philosophical anthropology --- Professional ethics. Deontology

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"Death has never been a simple matter, neither for the victim/s nor for the survivors. All societies have deeply struggled with the issue of death and have found material and spiritual answers in response to death. The medieval and early modern world had to cope with the same questions, but found its own characteristic answers, as the contributions to this volume illustrate in a myriad of approaches"--Provided by publisher.

History of civilization --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Europe --- Middle Ages. --- Material culture --- Death in art. --- Death in literature. --- Moyen Age --- Culture matérielle --- Mort dans l'art --- Mort dans la littérature --- History. --- Histoire --- History --- Social life and customs. --- Religious life and customs. --- Intellectual life. --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Vie religieuse --- Vie intellectuelle --- Culture matérielle --- Mort dans la littérature --- Death --- Middle Ages --- Death in art --- Death in literature --- Social aspects&delete& --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Dark Ages --- History, Medieval --- Medieval history --- Medieval period --- World history, Medieval --- World history --- Civilization, Medieval --- Medievalism --- Renaissance --- 930.86.01 --- 393 --- 393 Dood. Dodengebruiken. Dodenritueel. Lijkverbranding. Begrafenis. Crematie. Rouw. Opbaren. Lijkstoet. Sterven. Dodenmaskers --- Dood. Dodengebruiken. Dodenritueel. Lijkverbranding. Begrafenis. Crematie. Rouw. Opbaren. Lijkstoet. Sterven. Dodenmaskers --- 393 Death. Treatment of corpses. Funerals. Death rites --- Death. Treatment of corpses. Funerals. Death rites --- 930.86.01 Mentaliteitsgeschiedenis:--Middeleeuwen --- Mentaliteitsgeschiedenis:--Middeleeuwen --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Philosophy --- Social aspects --- Religious aspects