{"product_id":"postmortal-society-michael-hviid-jacobsen-9781472485588","title":"Postmortal Society: Towards a Sociology of Immortality","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout history mankind has struggled to reconcile itself with the inescapability of its own mortality. This book explores the themes of immortality and survivalism in contemporary culture, shedding light on the varied and ingenious ways in which humans and human societies aspire to confront and deal with death, or even seek to outlive it, as it were. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together theoretical and empirical work from internationally acclaimed scholars across a range of disciplines, \u003cem\u003ePostmortal Society\u003c\/em\u003e offers studies of the strategies adopted and means available in modern society for trying to 'cheat' death or prolong life, the status of the dead in the modern Western world, the effects of beliefs that address the terror of death in other areas of life, the 'immortalisation' of celebrities, the veneration of the dead in virtual worlds, symbolic immortality through work, the implications of understanding 'immortality' in chemical-neuronal terms, and the apparent paradox of our greater reverence for the dead in increasingly secular, capitalist societies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fascinating collection of studies that explore humanity's attempts to deal with its own mortality in the modern age, this book will appeal to sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers and scholars of cultural studies with interests in death and dying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Hviid Jacobsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472485580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472485588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Michael Hviid Jacobsen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088342364415,"sku":"9781472485588","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b031abd-2530-45d8-8be1-7c46131b4646.jpg?v=1769104326","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/postmortal-society-michael-hviid-jacobsen-9781472485588","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}