History of Suicide: Voluntary Death in Western Culture (Medicine and Culture) 0801859190, 9780801859199

Death, Desire and Loss in Western Culture 0415921740

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Culture, Suicide, and the Human Condition 9781782382355

Suicide is a puzzling phenomenon. Not only is its demarcation problematic but it also eludes simple explanation. The cul

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The Culture of Death 9781474215671

Western culture has always been obsessed with death, but now death has taken on a new, anonymous form. The 20th Century

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Culture and the Death of God 9780300206548

How to live in a supposedly faithless world threatened by religious fundamentalism? Terry Eagleton, formidable thinker a

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Death Is That Man Taking Names: Intersections of American Medicine, Law, and Culture 9780520931466

The American culture of death changed radically in the 1970s. For terminal illnesses, hidden decisions by physicians wer

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Western Civilizations: Their History & Their Culture 0393614875, 9780393614879

Western Civilizations--written by two expert teachers--is the most pedagogically innovative text for the survey course.

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Medicine Across Cultures: History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures 0306480948, 1402011660, 9780306480942

Medicine Across Cultures: The History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures consists of 19 essays dealing wit

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Biblical Origins of Modern Secular Culture: An Essay in the Interpretation of Western History 0865541388

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The Material Culture of Death in Medieval Japan 9780824837556

This study is the first in the English language to explore the ways medieval Japanese sought to overcome their sense of

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The Allure of Sports in Western Culture 9781487519605

Sports are the most popular spectator events in the history of the world. This volume demonstrates how sports shape soci

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