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

377 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction psychology informative reflective medium-paced

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In Mortals, Rachel Menzies and Ross Menzies, both acclaimed psychologists whose life's work has focused on death anxiety, examine all the major human responses to death across history. From the development of religious systems denying the finality...

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