Death, Society, and Human Experience死亡社会和人类的经验.pptVIP

Copyright ? Allyn Bacon 2007 Death, Society, and Human Experience 9th Edition Robert Kastenbaum This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: Any public performance or display, including transmission of any image over a network; Preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, or any images; Any rental, lease, or lending of the program. Chapter Two:What is Death?What Does Death Mean? This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: Any public performance or display, including transmission of any image over a network; Preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, or any images; Any rental, lease, or lending of the program. Death as Observed, Proclaimed, and Imagined Mary Shelley – Dead bodies which are reanimated may become Frankensteins Charles Darwin – Thanatomimesis (live animals deliberately appear to be dead to avoid being killed) Harvard Medical School – One is dead when the EEG is flat Kenneth Iserson – Death is a complex process that takes place over time Death as Observed, Proclaimed, and Imagined Islam – Death is final when the soul leaves the body Epicurus – Death is one of many events that have no meaning or value Hindu – Reincarnation; we are born to die, and die to be reborn Christianity – Death and sexuality are intertwined; sexual sinfulness can lead to death New Age – Death is a transition to the next life Death as Symbolic Construction A mental construction we need because it has so many important referents, associations, and consequences Our concept of death is influenced by movies and television Deaths are often sensational and violent Males six times more likely to instigate death Females twice as likely to be victims Biomedical Approaches: Traditional Determination of Death Lack of respiration, pulse, and heartbeat Fa