Death Café Movement

Exploring the Horizons of Mortality

AvJack Fong

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This sociological work examines the phenomenon of the Death Café, a regular gathering of strangers from all walks of life who engage in “death talk” over coffee, tea, and desserts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-08-03
Mått:148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt:401 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:284
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319853536

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Jack Fong is Associate Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA.

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“This is an interesting book, offering a theoretical approach to the death café movement that requires further exploration.” (Glenys Caswell, Mortality, Vol. 24 (3), 2019)

Innehållsförteckning

1. Coffee and Death.- 2. Baby Boomers and the Death Café.- 3. Habermas’ Theory of Communicative Action and the Colonization of the Lifeworld.- 4. Death Café Communicative Action.- 5. Death Sentiments and Death Themes.- 6. Enhancing Habermas with Erich Fromm and Kurt Wolff.- 7. Enhancing Habermas with Ray Oldenburg.- 8. Decolonizing the Lifeworld.