000			03101cam a22003614a 4500
003			OCoLC
005			20251028092115.0
008			041026s2004 caua b s001 0 eng
001			ocm51868176
010			_a 2003005044
020			_a0520218809 (alk. paper)
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780520218802
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780520218802
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780520218802
035			_z(Sirsi) 138624
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dYDX _dIBS _dWSL _dVF$
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aBF789.D4 _bK365 2004
100	1		_aKastenbaum, Robert.
245	1	0	_aOn our way : _bthe final passage through life and death / _cRobert Kastenbaum.
260			_aBerkeley, Calif. : _bUniversity of California Press, _cc2004.
300			_avii, 452 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
440		0	_aLife passages
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 429-439) and index.
505	0		_aHere (?) 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			_aPublisher'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	_aDeath _xPsychological aspects.
650		0	_aDeath _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aFuture life.
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/20 03005044.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip041/2003005044 .html
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