Ultimate Ambiguities: Investigating Death and Liminality

by Peter L. Berger

Book Overview

Periods of transition are often symbolically associated with death, making the latter the paradigm of liminality. Yet, many volumes on death in the social sciences and humanities do not specifically address liminality. This book investigates these "ultimate ambiguities," assuming they can pose a threat to social relationships because of the disintegrating forces of death, but they are also crucial periods of creativity, change, and emergent aspects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789207592
• ISBN13: 9781789207590
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"