Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - The sociology of death

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dc.contributor.authorPosel, Deborah
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-19T08:26:36Z
dc.date.available2023-09-19T08:26:36Z
dc.date.issued2015-01-21
dc.description.abstractIn this video, sociologist Deborah Posel, discusses the philosophical implications of death, arguing that death is integral to what we understand by "life". She also discusses the symbolic investment in death in human societies and what the treatment of death can tell is about how societies function. She also focuses on how the corpse is used as a powerful, paradoxical, and sometimes taboo representation of both life and death. This is the second video in Week 6 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.en_US
dc.identifier.apacitationPosel, D. (2015). Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - The sociology of death [MOOC]. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38760en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPosel, Deborah. "MOOC Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - The sociology of death," 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38760en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPosel, D. 2015. <i>Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - The sociology of death</i>. [MOOC]. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38760en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - MOOC AU - Posel, Deborah AB - In this video, sociologist Deborah Posel, discusses the philosophical implications of death, arguing that death is integral to what we understand by "life". She also discusses the symbolic investment in death in human societies and what the treatment of death can tell is about how societies function. She also focuses on how the corpse is used as a powerful, paradoxical, and sometimes taboo representation of both life and death. This is the second video in Week 6 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course. DA - 2015-01-21 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - medicine and the arts KW - corpse KW - death KW - symbolism of death KW - philosophy of death KW - sociology of death LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2015 T1 - Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - The sociology of death TI - Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - The sociology of death UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38760 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/38760
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPosel D. <i>Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - The sociology of death</i>. [MOOC]. ,Centre for Higher Education Development ,CILT, provided on 2023-09-19T08:26:36Z. [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38760en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisher.departmentCILTen_US
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectmedicine and the artsen_US
dc.subjectcorpseen_US
dc.subjectdeathen_US
dc.subjectsymbolism of deathen_US
dc.subjectphilosophy of deathen_US
dc.subjectsociology of deathen_US
dc.titleMedicine and the Arts Week 6 - The sociology of deathen_US
dc.typeMOOCen_US
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