Traces the changes in Western attitudes toward death and dying from the earliest Christian times to the present day. The Hour of Our Death reveals a pattern of gradually developing evolutionary stages in our perceptions of life in relation to death, each stage representing a vir…
This remarkable book -- the fruit of almost two decades of study -- traces in compelling fashion the changes in Western attitudes toward death and dying from the earliest Christian times to the present day. A truly landmark study, The Hour of Our Death reveals a pattern of gradu…
by Hertz, Robert, Hertz, Robert
fromRoutledge library editions
by Hertz, Robert, Needham, Rodney
fromRoutledge library editions
The historical value of Hertz's writings is that they are a representative example of the culmination of two centuries of development of sociological thought in France, from Montesquieu to Durkheim and his pupils. This text was first published in English in 1960.
by Hertz, Robert, Hertz, Robert
fromRoutledge library editions
First published in English 1960. The historical value of Hertz's writings is that they are a representative example of the culmination of two centuries of development of sociological thought in France, from Montesquieu to Durkheim and his pupils. In the intervening years since p…
by Mda, Zakes, (Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni)
fromSouthern African fiction writing
