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Periods of transition are often symbolically associated with death, making the latter the paradigm of liminality. Yet, many volumes on death in the social sciences and humanities do not specifically address liminality. This book investigates these "ultimate ambiguities," assuming they can pose a threat to social relationships because of the disintegrating forces of death, but they are also crucial periods of creativity, change, and emergent aspects of social and religious life. Contributors explore death and liminality from an interdisciplinary perspective and present a global range of historical and contemporary case studies outlining emotional, cognitive, artistic, social, and political implications.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Sociology

• Full title: Ultimate Ambiguities
• Subtitle: Investigating Death and Liminality
• Author: Peter Berger, Justin Kroesen
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 290
• EAN: 9781782386094
• ISBN: 1782386092
• ID: 09244336
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Weight: 586 g
• Dimensions: 160 × 237 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. November 2015

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