Death writ large.

Robert Kastenbaum

doi:10.1080/07481180490432360

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Death writ large.

Robert Kastenbaum

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Mainstream thanatology has devoted its efforts to improving the understanding, care, and social integration of people who are confronted with life-threatening illness or bereavement. This article suggests that it might now be time to expand the scope and mission to include large-scale death and death that occurs through complex and multi-domain processes. Obstacles to developing a systematic macrothanatology are identified. The 9-11-01 terrorist attacks on America are discussed as an example of mass death with complex correlates and consequences. Other examples are taken from the realms of war, disease, disaster, and extinction.

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Robert Kastenbaum. 2004. Death writ large.. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481180490432360

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