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An analysis of shifting attitudes towards death in Western civilization from the middle ages to the present day.
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Philip Ariés was a social historian whose books Centuries of Childhood and At the Hour of our Death won great acclaim when first published in France, England and the United States.
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This book is a translation of a series of lectures which Philippe Aries gave in America and, as a result, unfortunately contains no references. Having said this, however,it is easy to read and follow. His observations are astute, and highly original. The study focuses on his previous research around Paris but draws interesting parallels to English material and charts the changing perceptions of self with funerary culture. He develops the hypothesis that changing monumental trappings and inscriptions can reveal a "Psychoanalysis of History", showing how people viewed their own death and the death of another from the medieval through industrial and up until present. Of interest to any academic or amateur historian interested in the development of individualism or funerary history.
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