Mortals: How the Fear of Death Shaped Human Society by Ross G. Menzies, Rachel E. Menzies

Mortals: How the Fear of Death Shaped Human Society

Ross G. Menzies, Rachel E. Menzies

448 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction psychology informative reflective medium-paced

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Mortals is a ground-breaking book uncovering the fear of death as the hidden driver of most of our species' endeavours over millennia. The human mind can grapple with the future, visualising and calculating solutions to complex problems, giving us...

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