You Can Only Die Thrice: Death and Dying of a Human Body in Psychoanalytical Perspective
This paper compares the (cultural) necessity of death/dying, perceived as a sequence of Imaginary—Real—Symbolic, to Van Gennep's three-staged rite of passage. If this logic is disrupted, the subject responsible necessitates attribution of special social status and can come to embody the imagery...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of Religion and Health. - Springer. - 49(2010), 4, Seite 591-602 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2010
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of Religion and Health |
| Schlagworte: | Biological sciences Social sciences Philosophy Behavioral sciences Health sciences |
| Zusammenfassung: | This paper compares the (cultural) necessity of death/dying, perceived as a sequence of Imaginary—Real—Symbolic, to Van Gennep's three-staged rite of passage. If this logic is disrupted, the subject responsible necessitates attribution of special social status and can come to embody the imagery of a life worth living. This philosophical framework, which includes epistemologies borrowed from medical anthropology, demonstrates there is more for humans to lose than biological (Real) life; a far greater loss is to exist without (Symbolic) reason to live. A critique of prevalent quantitative methodology in assessing links between spirituality and the human body is added. |
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| ISSN: | 15736571 |