The dominion of the dead

Paperback • 2003 • English

The dominion of the dead

By Harrison, Robert Pogue

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About the book

How do the living maintain relations to the dead? Why do we bury people when they die? And what is at stake when we do? In The Dominion of the Dead, Robert Pogue Harrison considers the supreme importance of these questions to Western civilization, exploring the many places where the dead cohabit the world of the living—the graves, images, literature, architecture, and monuments that house the dead in their afterlife among us. This elegantly conceived work devotes particular attention to the p...Show more

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ISBN

9780226317939

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published year

2003

Language

English

Original title

The dominion of the dead

Format

Paperback

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