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Being with the Dead: Burial, Ancestral Politics, and the Roots of Historical Consciousness (Cultural Memory in the Present)
| Full title: | Being with the Dead: Burial, Ancestral Politics, and the Roots of Historical Consciousness (Cultural Memory in the Present) |
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| ISBN: | 9780804791311 |
| ISBN 10: | 0804791317 |
| Authors: | Ruin, Hans |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Num. pages: | 272 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Language: | en |
| Published on: | 2019 |
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Synopsis
Thinking After Life : Historicity And Having-been -- Thanatologies : The Social Meaning Of Burial -- Ancestrality : Ghosts, Forefathers, And Other Dead -- Necropolitics : Contested Communities And Remains Of The Dead -- Ossuary Hermeneutics : Necropolitical Sites Of Archaeology -- Visiting The Land Of The Dead : History As Necromancy -- The Tomb Of Metaphysics : Writing, Memory, And The Arts Of Survival. Hans Ruin. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 207-235) And Index.