Western Attitudes toward Death
Download or Read eBook Western Attitudes toward Death PDF written by Philippe Ariès and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1975-08-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Philippe Ariès |
| Publisher | : JHU Press |
| Total Pages | : 134 |
| Release | : 1975-08-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0801817625 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780801817625 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Western Attitudes toward Death by : Philippe Ariès
Book excerpt: AriA]s traces Western man's attitudes toward mortality from the early medieval conception of death as the familiar collective destiny of the human race to the modern tendency, so pronounced in industrial societies, to hide death as if it were an embarrassing family secret. -- Newsweek
