Death Culture History (Interpreted with Illustrations the History of Death Culture Since 1300)

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Features: Death is feared, but the history of death is gripping. The study of death and the history of death is bound to occupy an indispensable place in the new history of thought. Waller leads us from death to review the development of Western death history since 1300, explore the changes in collective attitudes toward death, study the various responses of people in different periods and regions as they face death, and even, to some extent, judge or evaluate a society through its death system. Since its publication in 1983, this book has become a classic in the field. As a comprehensive study, it integrates demography, medicine, religion, sociology, and art and literary research. With the support of abundant evidence, the author presents a complete and authoritative picture of Western death history: from the Black Death in the Middle Ages to the Baroque-style large-scale ceremonial death, the "enlightened" death of natural philosophy, the "heroic" death of the Renaissance, the "bourgeois" death of will-making, and finally the modern taboo on death. In the new edition (2000 edition) of this book, the author's new preface summarizes the new achievements of research in the past 20 years.