- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (30 Jun 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415455197
- ISBN-13: 978-0415455190
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Near-Death Experiences
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'A fascinating cross-cultural analysis' – Fortean Times
'A highly stimulating read.' – Network Review
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Near death experiences fascinate everyone, from theologians to sociologists and neuroscientists. This groundbreaking book introduces the phenomenon of NDEs, their personal impact and the dominant scientific explanations. Taking a strikingly original cross-cultural approach and incorporating new medical research, it combines new theories of mind and body with contemporary research into how the brain functions.
Ornella Corazza analyses dualist models of mind and body, discussing the main features of NDEs as reported by many people who have experienced them. She studies the use of ketamine to reveal how characteristics of NDEs can be chemically induced without being close to death. This evidence challenges the conventional ‘survivalist hypothesis’, according to which the near death experience is a proof of the existence of an afterlife.
This remarkable book concludes that we need to move towards a more integrated view of embodiment, in order to understand what human life is and also what it can be.
Ornella Corazza is a NDE researcher at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. In 2004-5 she was a Member of the 21st Century Centre of Excellence (COE) ‘Program on the Construction of Death and Life Studies’ at the University of Tokyo.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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A most original contribution to the study of near-death experiences. As well as covering the basic questions (what are the typical features of NDEs? how common are they? how have they been explained? etc.), the book contributes to the cross-cultural study of experiences at the brink of death by examining contemporary cases from Japan in relation to Japanese attitudes towards death and life. This is very interesting in itself, but also ties in with the underlying theme of the book, which is to overcome dualist attitudes towards mind and body by rethinking embodiment, drawing on Japanese theorists of 'place' and 'body'. This philosophical dimension does not take away from the book's readability: it is written in an approachable style, and there are some delightful retellings of myths and many intriguing first-person accounts, including experiences under the anaesthetic ketamine. The similarity between near-death and ketamine experiences has been noticed before, but Corazza's book looks into the issue in unparalleled depth, drawing on accounts supplied by recreational users. An illuminating study. Highly recommended.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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As a non specialist, nor academic I found this book, most interesting, mind-opening view on the role of our bodies and the environment that surrounds us.
It was not difficult to read. Corazza writes in a clear manner about a most fascinating subject.
It was not difficult to read. Corazza writes in a clear manner about a most fascinating subject.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This book represents an important step towards a cross cultural understanding of the mind/body connection. Through exploration of Eastern, particularly Japanese theories of the mind/body relationship, Corazza seeks a non-dualistic, non-reductionist explanation of near death experiences. Highly readable.
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