Man against death: Identity, language, technology

The article is a review of the book by D. Davies Death, Ritual, and Belief: The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites (Moscow: NLO, 2022. 480 p.). The author notes the growing interest of society in the phenomenon of death and makes an attempt to systematize the key aspects of this phenomenon: from funeral rit...

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Main Author: M. V. Subbotina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2023-12-01
Series:RUDN journal of Sociology
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Online Access:https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/viewFile/37284/22957
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description The article is a review of the book by D. Davies Death, Ritual, and Belief: The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites (Moscow: NLO, 2022. 480 p.). The author notes the growing interest of society in the phenomenon of death and makes an attempt to systematize the key aspects of this phenomenon: from funeral rites in various cultures to near-death experiences and theories of grief. In the review, the emphasis is placed on two main ideas of the book: how words and rituals influence our dealing with death and how the phenomenon of death affects our identity. The review identifies both the strengths of the book and those aspects that require a further study, such as the impact of technology on society’s perception of death (contemporary interdisciplinary studies called ‘digital death studies’).
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spelling doaj.art-edf46a5a7db840b4b3f753ca53ab33162024-01-09T08:56:46ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)RUDN journal of Sociology2313-22722408-88972023-12-0123492493110.22363/2313-2272-2023-23-4-924-93121157Man against death: Identity, language, technologyM. V. Subbotina0RUDN UniversityThe article is a review of the book by D. Davies Death, Ritual, and Belief: The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites (Moscow: NLO, 2022. 480 p.). The author notes the growing interest of society in the phenomenon of death and makes an attempt to systematize the key aspects of this phenomenon: from funeral rites in various cultures to near-death experiences and theories of grief. In the review, the emphasis is placed on two main ideas of the book: how words and rituals influence our dealing with death and how the phenomenon of death affects our identity. The review identifies both the strengths of the book and those aspects that require a further study, such as the impact of technology on society’s perception of death (contemporary interdisciplinary studies called ‘digital death studies’).https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/viewFile/37284/22957digital death studiesdeathrituallanguageidentity
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Man against death: Identity, language, technology
RUDN journal of Sociology
digital death studies
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language
identity
title Man against death: Identity, language, technology
title_full Man against death: Identity, language, technology
title_fullStr Man against death: Identity, language, technology
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title_short Man against death: Identity, language, technology
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topic digital death studies
death
ritual
language
identity
url https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/viewFile/37284/22957
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