Death, Society, and Human Experience - Softcover

Kastenbaum, Robert J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205381936 ISBN 13: 9780205381937

Publisher: Pearson, 2003

Synopsis

This landmark book draws on contributions from the social and behavioral sciences as well as the humanities, such as history, religion, philosophy, literature, and the arts, to provide thorough coverage of understanding death and the dying process.

The book focuses on individual and societal attitudes and how they influence both how and when we die and how we live and deal with the knowledge of death and loss. Robert Kastenbaum is a renowned scholar in the field who developed one of the world's first death education courses and introduced the first text for this market.

Topics that have been updated and expanded for this edition include: the effects of terrorist activity; life and death from various world religion perspectives; improving the care of the terminally ill; violent death; brain death and the implications of organ donation; and the cryonics movement.

About this title

Synopsis:

This landmark text in death education draws on contributions from the social and behavioral sciences as well as the humanities, such as history, religion, philosophy, literature, and the arts, to provide thorough coverage of understanding death and the dying process. The text focuses on both individual and societal attitudes and how they influence both how and when we die and how we live and deal with the knowledge of death and loss. Robert Kastenbaum is a renowned scholar in the field who developed one of the world's first death education courses and introduced the first text for this market.

About the Author:

Robert Kastenbaum is Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University. He is the author of many works, including "The Psychology of Death "(now in its third edition, 2001), "Death, Society, and Human Experience "(now in its eighth edition, 2004), and "Dorian, Graying: Is Youth the Only Thing Worth Having? "(1995).

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0205381936
• ISBN 13: 9780205381937
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560