The Hour of Our Death: The Classic History of Western Attitudes Toward Death Over the Last One Thousand Years by Philippe Aries

The Hour of Our Death: The Classic History of Western Attitudes Toward Death Over the Last One Thousand Years

L'homme devant la mort #Complete

Philippe Aries

651 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction sociology informative slow-paced

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This remarkable book--the fruit of almost two decades of study--traces in compelling fashion the changes in Western attitudes toward death and dying from the earliest Christian times to the present day. A truly landmark study, The Hour of Our Deat...

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