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Death in American Experience Volume 39 No. 3 (Autumn 1972) Arien Mack, Editor |
| Table of Contents | Notes on Contributors | Ordering information |
| Death in American Experience |
|
| Talcott Parsons,
Renee C. Fox, and Victor M. Lidz |
The "Gift of Life" and Its
Reciprocation |
| David Gutmann |
The Premature Gerontocracy: Themes of Aging
and Death in the Youth Culture |
| Harold Bloom |
Death and the Native Strain in American Poetry |
| William
F. May |
The Sacral Power of Death in Contemporary
Experience |
| A. Roy Eckardt |
Death in the Judaic and Christian Traditions |
| Vivian M. Rakoff |
Psychiatric Aspects of Death in America |
| Eric J. Cassell, M.D. |
Being and Becoming Dead |
| Johannes Fabian |
How Others Die--Reflections on the Anthropology of Death |
Notes
on Contributors
(at
time of publication)
The "Gift of Life" and Its Reciprocation Talcott Parsons, Renee C. Fox, and Victor M. Lidz Talcott Parsons is
Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. Among his published works
are The Structure of Social Action, The Social System and The System of
Modern Societies. He is currently at work on The American Societal
Community. Victor M. Lidz is a sociologist at the University of Chicago. He has previously published (with Talcott Parsons) "Death in American Society," and is preparing studies on the theory of moral-evaluative culture. Back To Top
David Gutmann, Professor
of Psychology at the University of Michigan, is the author of many
articles, among which are "Mayan Aging--A Comparative TAT Study" and
"Changes in Mastery Style with Age: A Study of Navaho Dreams," both
published in Psychiatry. He is engaged in cross-cultural studies in
traditional societies on the comparative psychology of aging. Death and the Native Strain in American Poetry Harold Bloom Harold Bloom, Professor
of English at Yale University has published a number of works on poets
and poetry, including Shelley's Mythmaking, Blake's Apocalypse, Yeats,
and the Anxiety of Influence. In 1973 his latest work, Wallace Stevens:
The Poems of Our Climate will appear, and he is at work on The Native
Strain: American Romanticism. The Sacral Power of Death in Contemporary Experience William F. May William F. May is Professor and Chairman of the Department of
Religious Studies at Indiana University. He has published articles in
the journal Christianity and Crisis, a volume entitled Perspectives on
Death, and is now preparing essays on both religion and politics, as
well as another book on the subject of death. Death in the Judaic and Christian Traditions A. Roy Eckardt A. Roy Eckardt is
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Religion at Lehigh
University. His previous publications include Christianity and the
Children of Israel and The Surge of Piety in America, as well as
numerous articles in scholarly and professional journals. He is now
working on a book entitled Speak the Truth in Love: Essays for
Christians and Jews. Psychiatric Aspects of Death in America Vivian M. Rakoff Vivian M. Rakoff is
Professor and Director of Post-graduate Education, Department of
Psychiatry, University of Toronto. He has previously published articles
on family psychiatry, the neurophysiological aspects of addiction, and
stoicism in politics, and is presently preparing a monograph to be
entitled The Cult of Spontaneity in Psychiatry and Politics. Being and Becoming Dead Eric J. Cassell, M.D. Eric J. Cassell, M.D., a
practicing physician, is Clinical Professor of Public Health at Cornell
University Medical College. He has published numerous articles and is
currently preparing a work entitled Studies in Medical Humanism: Belief
and Value Structure in Patients and Physicians. How Others Die--Reflections on the Anthropology of Death Johannes Fabian Johannes Fabian is
Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University. His
previous works include Jamaa: A Charismatic Movement in Katanga and
Anthropology and Interpretation (in press). He is currently working on
a study of labor consciousness among African workers. |
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