On the Future of Death
Some Images and Options
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628900 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Kastenbaum (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 307-318 |
| Publication date | 1973-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/3auq-906q-6lwh-jk5e |
| OpenAlex | W1963700721 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
Voices of the past insist that we have no significant options with respect to death. Voices of the future protest that the past does not hold the future captive and some even proclaim the eventual technological conquest of death. This paper offers a dialogue between past and future orientations toward death, taking as focus the question: is suicidology absurd? Some major dimensions of our culture's death system are discussed. The tendency to regard death as an individual and discrete event is contrasted with the mass processing of death (and life), and the many ways in which death-related dimensions permeate daily life. A narrow suicidology could play into some of the more dubious aspects of our national character, while an enlightened suicidology could increase our options and emphasize the inner relationship of every human being to the mortality of himself and others
Character (mathematics · CONQUEST · Event (particle physics · Poison control · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Suicidology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
Inside American End-of-Life Doula Trainings through Analytic Autoethnography
Global Digital Death and Glocal Dying
A conceptual review of a land-informed Native American Death Pedagogy
Theories and concepts about society, dying, and bereavement commonly discussed in education about death, dying, and bereavement
Hannelore Wass
Death Positivity in America
Some Reflections On The History And Current Status of Education in the Field of Death, Dying, and Bereavement at the College and University Level In North America
The Death System According to Robert Kastenbaum
Four Lessons From “The Horse on the Dining-Room Table”
Death Cafe
Healthy Dying”
Teaching About Life and Living in Courses on Death and Dying
Personality Characteristics of Volunteers for Thanatological Research
Some Personal Reflections on the History and Current Status of Textbooks in the Field of Death, Dying, and Bereavement
Beyond the Corporatization of Death Systems
From trusted intruder to real collaborator
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,32 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2025 (50) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |