Death

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Cultural Anthropology	From the concept of cultural identity to the complexities of gender, race and religion, we explore key issues in the theory and practice of...	Society, Culture, Economy, Politics, Power, Religion, Tradition, Magic, Death	view
The Philosophy of Death	Full course with assessments, lecture notes, readings, video lectures etc.. It explores philosophical problems about death by studying Plato, the...	Death, Soul, Plato, immortality	view
The health effects of poverty in London in 1896 and 1991	This study compares the extent to which late 20th century patterns of mortality in London are predicted by contemporary patterns of poverty and by...	Poverty, Victorian, London, Death	view
Ancient Philosophy	Full course with lecture notes, assignments, text analysis presentations and related study materials	Greek philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, Knowledge, immortality, Free will, Socrates, Matter, Soul, Virtue, Justice, Happiness, Death	view
Cultural Anthropology reading list in Oxford library catalogue	Cultural Anthropology reading list in Oxford library catalogue	Society, Culture, Economy, Politics, Power, Religion, Tradition, Magic, Death	view
David Hume	Full course with syllabus, readings etc.. Explores Hume's reasons for complacency in the face of death.	Death, Philosophy of death, Religious belief	view
The Other Side: Themes of Swedenborgian-spiritualism in Dante Gabriel Rossetti's The Blessed Damozel by Rosanna Hayes	This article will explore two expressions of Swedenborgian-Spiritualism in Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s painting The Blessed Damozel and...	Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Poetry, Death	view
Alive, yet dead: Mourning in the Victorian period, Sandra Franz	This article explores the attitude towards death through two different sources – a photograph of parents posing with their deceased infant as an...	Tennyson, mourning, 19th century, Victorian Culture, Photography, Death	view

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