Robert C McKay
Biographic Data
| ID | 9312889 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert C McKay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert C |
| FAMILY NAME | McKay |
| SIGNATURE | MCKAY R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7684-6059 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From denial toward integration of death in Western culture
Western culture's stance toward death has, in the main, been one of denial. Denial has its roots in contemporary Western society's cutting itself loose from traditional religious structures and in the promise of power and control over life and death offered by technological advance. Thus with no meaningful framework for understanding death, Western technological culture has adapted a style of avoidance. Death, however, is a human problem and not …
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From denial toward integration of death in Western culture
Western culture's stance toward death has, in the main, been one of denial. Denial has its roots in contemporary Western society's cutting itself loose from traditional religious structures and in the promise of power and control over life and death offered by technological advance. Thus with no meaningful framework for understanding death, Western technological culture has adapted a style of avoidance. Death, however, is a human problem and not …
Aesthetics (1 work) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (1 work) · Denial (1 work) · Environmental ethics (1 work) · Existentialism (1 work) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Political science (1 work) · Psychoanalysis (1 work)