Mirrors of Passing : Unlocking the Mysteries of Death, Materiality, and Time
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Overview
Without exception, all people are faced with the inevitability of death, a stark fact that has immeasurably shaped societies and individual consciousness for the whole of human history. Mirrors of Passing offers a powerful window into this oldest of human preoccupations by investigating the interrelationships of death, materiality, and temporality across far-flung times and places. Stretching as far back as Ancient Egypt and Greece and moving through present-day locales as diverse as Western Europe, Central Asia, and the Arctic, each of the richly illustrated essays collected here draw on a range of disciplinary insights to explore some of the most fundamental, universal questions that confront us.
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- ISBN-13: 9781785339080
- ISBN-10: 1785339087
- Publisher: Berghahn Books
- Publish Date: August 2018
- Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
- Page Count: 326
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