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The Work of the Dead

A Cultural History of Mortal Remains

By: Thomas W. Laqueur

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The Work of the Dead

A Cultural History of Mortal Remains

By: Thomas W. Laqueur

The meaning of our concern for mortal remains—from antiquity through the twentieth century The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone else care what became of his corpse? In The Work of the Dead, acclaimed cultural historian Thomas Laqueur examines why humanity has universally rejected Diogenes's argument. No culture has been indifferent to mortal remains. Even in our supposedly disenchanted scientific age, the dead body still matters—for individuals, communities, and nations. A remarkably ambitious history, The Work of the Dead offers a compelling and richly detailed account of how and why the living have cared for the dead, from antiquity to the twentieth century. The book draws on a vast range of sources—from mortuary archaeology, medical tracts, letters, songs, poems, and novels to painting and landscapes in order to recover the work that the dead do for the living: making human communities that connect the past and the future. Laqueur shows how the churchyard became the dominant resting place of the dead during the Middle Ages and why the cemetery largely supplanted it during the modern period. He traces how and why since the nineteenth century we have come to gather the names of the dead on great lists and memorials and why being buried without a name has become so disturbing. And finally, he tells how modern cremation, begun as a fantasy of stripping death of its history, ultimately failed—and how even the ashes of the victims of the Holocaust have been preserved in culture. A fascinating chronicle of how we shape the dead and are in turn shaped by them, this is a landmark work of cultural history.

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European Writers

By: William Thomas Hobdell Jackson,George Stade

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European Writers

By: William Thomas Hobdell Jackson,George Stade

This reference work is comprised of two volumes treating the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, three volumes on the Romantics, and four volumes dealing with twentieth century authors. Scholar's new to literary history and criticism should find the balanced, well written essays on included authors a solid introduction.

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Macmillan Reference USA

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0684165945

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9780684165943

Science and Technology of Terrorism and Counterterrorism

By: Thomas M. Haladyna

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Science and Technology of Terrorism and Counterterrorism

By: Thomas M. Haladyna

Traditionally, resources on terrorism and counterterrorism tend to focus on the social, behavioral, and legal aspects of the subject, with minimal emphasis on the scientific and technological aspects. Taking into account these practical considerations, the second edition of Science and Technology of Terrorism and Counterterrorism discusses the natu

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606

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CRC Press

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1439875618

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9781439875612

History and International Relations

By: Thomas W. Smith

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History and International Relations

By: Thomas W. Smith

This book is a major contribution to the debate about philosophy and method in history and international relations. The author analyses IR scholarship from classical realism to quantitative and postmodern work.

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266

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Routledge

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1134683375

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Monuments as Cultural and Critical Objects

From Mesolithic to Eco-queer

By: Thomas Houlton

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Monuments as Cultural and Critical Objects

From Mesolithic to Eco-queer

By: Thomas Houlton

Monuments as Cultural and Critical Objects explores monuments as political, psychical, social, and mystical objects. Incorporating autoethnography, psychoanalysis, deconstruction, postcolonialism, and queer ecology, Houlton argues for a radical, interdisciplinary approach to our monument-culture. Tracing historical developments in monuments alongside contemporary movements such as Rhodes Must Fall and Black Lives Matter, Houlton provides an in-depth critique of monument sites, as well as new critical and conceptual methodologies for thinking across the field. Alongside analysis of monuments to the Holocaust, colonial figures, and LGBTQIA+ subjects, this book provides new critical engagements with the work of D.W. Winnicott, Marion Milner, Jacques Derrida, Edward Said, Eve Sedgwick, and others. Houlton traces the potential for monuments to exert great influence over our sense of self, nation, community, sexuality, and place in the world. Exploring the psychic and physical spaces these objects occupy—their aesthetics, affects, politics, and powers—this book considers how monuments can challenge our identities, beliefs, and our very notions of remembrance. The interdisciplinary nature of Monuments as Cultural and Critical Objects means that it is ideally placed to intervene across several critical fields, particularly museum and heritage studies. It will also prove invaluable to those engaged in the study of monuments, psychoanalytic object relations, decolonization, queer ecology, radical death studies, and affect theory.

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0429588828

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The Work of the Dead

A Cultural History of Mortal Remains

By: Thomas W. Laqueur

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The Work of the Dead

The Work of the Dead

European Writers

European Writers

Science and Technology of Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Science and Technology of Terrorism and Counterterrorism

History and International Relations

History and International Relations

Monuments as Cultural and Critical Objects

Monuments as Cultural and Critical Objects

The Work of the Dead

The Work of the Dead

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