Men and Death in the West. Towards a New Interpretive Paradigm?

Up until recently, contemporary Western society seemed to voluntarily ignore death, wrapping itself in a silent cocoon. Death disappeared from the public discourse unless it was spectacularised and mediatised. While ‘true’ death receded from individual lives, ‘fake’ death was omnipresent – widesprea...

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Main Author: Andrea Salvatore Antonio Barbieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Salerno 2020-06-01
Series:Culture e Studi del Sociale
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Online Access:http://www.cussoc.it/index.php/journal/article/view/119