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Mortality, Immortality and Other Life Strategies

Zygmunt Bauman's new book is a brilliant exploration, from a sociological point of view, of the 'taboo' subject in modern societies: death and dying. The book develops a new theory of the ways in which human mortality is reacted to, and dealt with, in social institutions and culture. The hypothesis explored in the book is that the necessity of human beings to live with the constant awareness of death accounts for crucial aspects of the social organization of all known societies. Two different 'life strategies' are distinguished in respect of reactions to mortality. One, 'the modern strategy'.

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  • "Mortality, immortality and other life strategies"@it
  • "Mortality, immortality, and other life strategies"
  • "Mortality, immortality et other life strategies"
  • "Mortality, immortality & other life strategies"
  • "Ren lei sheng ming ce lüe de she hui xue quan yi"
  • "人類生命策略的社會學詮譯"

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  • "Bauman esplora in questo saggio come la cultura contemporanea si atteggi davanti al tabù della morte, come la consapevolezza del morire porti a elaborare determinate strategie di vita. Una prima strategia individuata dall'autore consiste nella "decostruzione della morte", ossia nello spostare l'attenzione dalla morte alle sue cause (malattie, incidenti), che sono sempre contingenti, evitabili, razionalmente aggredibili. In un certo senso, nella società contemporanea non si muore, si è uccisi da qualcosa. Una seconda strategia consiste viceversa nella "decostruzione dell'immortalità", ossia nell'annullamento dell'idea di eternità in un presente fatto di momenti, dove transitorio e duraturo si confondono, dove prima e dopo, storia ed eterno non contano più."
  • "Este libro pretende desvelar los procesos culturales que nacen de la importancia de la muerte en nuestra condición existencial y que basan en ella las distintas formas de organización social de la vida humana"@es
  • "Zygmunt Bauman's new book is a brilliant exploration, from a sociological point of view, of the 'taboo' subject in modern societies: death and dying. The book develops a new theory of the ways in which human mortality is reacted to, and dealt with, in social institutions and culture. The hypothesis explored in the book is that the necessity of human beings to live with the constant awareness of death accounts for crucial aspects of the social organization of all known societies. Two different 'life strategies' are distinguished in respect of reactions to mortality. One, 'the modern strategy'."@en
  • "An exploration of the "taboo" subject in modern societies: death and dying. The book develops a new theory of the ways in which human mortality is reacted to, and dealt with, in social institutions and culture."

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  • "Śmierć i nieśmiertelność : o wielości strategii życia"
  • "Śmierć i nieśmiertelność : o wielości strategii życia"@pl
  • "Tod, Unsterblichkeit und andere Lebensstrategien"
  • "生與死的雙重變奏 : 人類生命策略的社會學詮釋"
  • "Il teatro dell'immortalità : mortalità, immortalità e altre strategie di vita"@it
  • "Il teatro dell'immortalità : mortalità, immortalità e altre strategie di vita"
  • "Mortality, Immortality and Other Life Strategies"
  • "Mortality, Immortality and Other Life Strategies"@en
  • "Mortalidad, inmortalidad y otras estrategias de vida"@es
  • "Mortality, immortality, and other life strategies"@en
  • "Mortality, immortality, and other life strategies"
  • "生與死的雙重變奏 : 人類生命策略的社會學詮譯"
  • "Mortality, immortality and other life strategies"@en
  • "Mortality, immortality and other life strategies"
  • "Sheng yu si de shuang zhong bian zou : ren lei sheng ming ce lue de she hui xue quan shi"
  • "Sheng yu si de shuang chong bian zou : ren lei sheng ming ce lüe de she hui xue quan yi"
  • "Mortalità, immortalità e altre strategie di vita"@it
  • "Mortalità, immortalità e altre strategie di vita"
  • "Mortalidad, inmortalidad"@es
  • "Ölümlülük ölümsüzlük ve diğer hayat stratejileri"

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