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The Hour of Our Death: The Classic History of Western Attitudes Toward Death Over the Last One Thousand Years

Paperback • 1982 • English

The Hour of Our Death: The Classic History of Western Attitudes Toward Death Over the Last One Thousand Years

By Philippe Ariès

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This remarkable book--the fruit of almost two decades of study--traces in compelling fashion the changes in Western attitudes toward death and dying from the earliest Christian times to the present day. A truly landmark study, The Hour of Our Death reveals a pattern of gradually developing evolutionary stages in our perceptions of life in relation to death, each stage representing a virtual redefinition of human nature. Starting at the very foundations of Western culture, the eminent historia...Show more

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ISBN

9780394751566

Publisher

Vintage Books USA

Published year

1982

Language

English

Original title

The Hour of Our Death: The Classic History of Western Attitudes Toward Death Over the Last One Thousand Years

Format

Paperback

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