On our way : (Record no. 94127)

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fixed length control field 041026s2004 caua b s001 0 eng
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2003005044
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0520218809 (alk. paper)
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number BF789.D4
Item number K365 2004
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kastenbaum, Robert.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title On our way :
Remainder of title the final passage through life and death /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Robert Kastenbaum.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Berkeley, Calif. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. University of California Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2004.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent vii, 452 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
440 #0 - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE
Title Life passages
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-439) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Here (?) we are -- Practicing death : some rituals of everyday life -- Good death, bad death (I) : in other times and places -- Good death, bad death (II) : here and now -- Corpsed persons -- Abusing and eating the dead -- Too many dead : the plague and other mass deaths -- Down to earth and up in flames -- Journey of the dead -- Living through.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Publisher's description: How do our ideas about dying influence the way we live? Life has often been envisioned as a journey, the river of time carrying us inexorably toward the unknown country--and in our day we increasingly turn to myth and magic, ritual and virtual reality, cloning and cryostasis in the hope of eluding the reality of the inevitable end. In this book a preeminent and eminently wise writer on death and dying proposes a new way of understanding our last transition. A fresh exploration of the final passage through life and perhaps through death, his work deftly interweaves historical and contemporary experiences and reflections to demonstrate that we are always on our way. Drawing on a remarkable range of observations--from psychology, anthropology, religion, biology, and personal experience--Robert Kastenbaum re-envisions life's forward-looking progress, from early-childhood bedtime rituals to the many small rehearsals we stage for our final separation. Along the way he illuminates such moments and ideas as becoming a "corpsed person," going down to earth or up in flames, respecting or abusing (and eating) the dead, coping with "too many dead," conceiving and achieving a "good death," undertaking the journey of the dead, and learning to live through the scrimmage of daily life fully knowing that Eternity does not really come in a designer flask. Profound, insightful, often moving, this look at death as many cultures await it or approach it enriches our understanding of life as a never-ending passage.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Death
General subdivision Psychological aspects.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Death
General subdivision Social aspects.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Future life.
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    Library of Congress Classification     Storms Research Center Storms Research Center Main Collection 10/28/2025   BF 789 .D4 K365 2004 98621083 10/28/2025 10/28/2025 Book