Taming Time, Timing Death: Social Technologies and Ritual

By Rane Willerslev and Dorthe Refslund Christensen

Book Overview

Presenting rich, interdisciplinary empirical studies of death rituals and practices across the globe, from the US and Europe, Asia, The Middle East, Australasia and Africa, Taming Time, Timing Death explores the manner in which social technologies and rituals have been and are implemented to avoid, delay or embrace death, or communicate with the dead, thus informing and manifesting humans' understanding of time. It will therefore be of interest to scholars and students of anthropology, philosophy, sociology and social theory, human geography and religion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138253529
• ISBN13: 9781138253520
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"