Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-161) and index.
Introduction: Exposed to death -- A new time of death? -- The space of death -- Politicising death -- Bioethics and death -- Transgressive death -- Resisting death -- Conclusion: The meaning of death.
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Western culture has always been obsessed with death, but now death has taken on a new, anonymous form. The 20th Century saw the mass production of corpses through war and the triumph of technology over the human body. The new millennium has opened with global terrorism and the suspension of all human rights in far-flung prison camps.
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Culture of death.
Civilization, Modern-- 21st century.
Death-- Social aspects.
Bio-ethiek.
Civilization, Modern.
Culturele aspecten.
Death-- Social aspects.
Dood.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS-- Death, Grief, Bereavement.