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008			201110s2020 nyu er 001 u eng d
020			_a9780190945008 (paperback)
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100	1		_aAdams, Peter J. _4author _9472
245	1	0	_aReflecting on the inevitable : _bmortality at the crossroads of psychology, philosophy, and health / _cPeter J. Adams
260			_aNew York, N.Y. : _bOxford University Press, _c2020
300			_axviii, 244 pages ; _c24 cm
520			_aDeath studies have, over the last twenty years, witnessed a flourishing of research and scholarship particularly in areas such as dying and bereavement, cultural practices and fear of dying. But, despite its importance, a specific focus on the nature of personal mortality has attracted surprisingly little attention. Reflecting on the Inevitable combines evidence from several disciplinary fields to explore the varying ways each of us engages with the prospect of personal mortality. Chapters are organized around the question of how an ongoing relationship might be possible when the threat of consciousness coming to an end points to an unspeakable nothingness. The book then argues that, despite this threat, an ongoing relationship with one's own death is still possible by means of conceptual devices, or 'enabling frames', that help shape personal mortality into a relatable object. In each chapter the subtleties and applicability of key ideas are enhanced through a series of illustrative narratives built up around the lives of four people at different ages living in two adjacent houses. Reflecting on the Inevitable is relevant not only to academics of death studies, but also those training and practicing in people-helping professions, as well as anyone experiencing or attempting to make sense of major life events.
650		4	_aPhilosophical anthropology _9473
650		0	_aDeath _9272
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