The Work of the Dead

Thomas W. Laqueur

Princeton University Press, 2018

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The meaning of our concern for mortal remains-from antiquity through the twentieth centuryThe 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 ex

ISBN-13
9780691180939
ISBN-10
0691180938
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2018
Publication date
2018-05-08
Pages
744
Dimensions
239x166x50
Weight
942