Mirrors of Passing
Unlocking the Mysteries of Death, Materiality, and Time
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Author
Publication
2018 - Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Language
English
Word Count
73,500 words, Guess
Page Count
294 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL35519834M
- ISBN-139781785339080
- OCLC Control Number1012526005
- Library of Congress Control Number2018015956
Classifications
- LCCGN485.5 .M57 2018
Description
"Without exception, all people are faced with the inevitability of death, a stark fact that has immeasurably shaped societies and individual consciousness for the whole of human history. Mirrors of Passing offers a powerful window into this oldest of human preoccupations by investigating the interrelationships of death, materiality, and temporality across far-flung times and places. Stretching as far back as Ancient Egypt and Greece and moving through present-day locales as diverse as Western Europe, Central Asia, and the Arctic, each of the richly illustrated essays collected here draw on a range of disciplinary insights to explore some of the most fundamental, universal questions that confront us"--
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