The Death Café Movement : Exploring the Horizons of Mortality

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. Using insightful theoretical frameworks, Fong explores the common themes that constitute a "death identi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Fong, Jack (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Cultural studies.
Sociology.
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Social medicine.
Human body > Social aspects.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319542560
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-54256-0
Physical DescriptionXXIII, 284 p. 59 illus. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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