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Der vorzeitige Tod als Identitäts- und Sinnstiftungsmuster in historischer Perspektive: einige einführende Überlegungen
Premature death and patterns of identity and meaning from a historical perspective: some preliminary reflections
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Abstract "The preliminary reflections deal with premature death as an instrument explaining and analysing the historical change of societies. Treatises and discourse on premature death can be found on different levels: social, economic, religious and scientific. Following the structure of this anthology, the... view more
"The preliminary reflections deal with premature death as an instrument explaining and analysing the historical change of societies. Treatises and discourse on premature death can be found on different levels: social, economic, religious and scientific. Following the structure of this anthology, the introductory reflections contain four parts. First they focus on how the lifespan of different population groups is established and evaluated in a societal context. The way the families and the nursing staff of patients in critical condition as well as these patients themselves deal with untimely death is investigated in a second step. The topic of conducting and the representation of premature death and dying is observed in this context. In conclusion the introductory reflections investigate the actual experience of mass mortality, mourning and its commemoration after the war." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
dying; life expectancy; death; demography; life-span; culture of remembrance
Classification
General History
Population Studies, Sociology of Population
Free Keywords
premature death; lifetime; demography; memory cultures
Document language
German
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 9-19
Journal
Historical Social Research, 34 (2009) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.34.2009.4.9-19
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed