Western Attitudes toward Death: From the Middle Ages to the Present (The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History) (original 1975; edition 1975)

by Philippe Ariès (Author)

Series: Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History (4th)

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Reveals the change in Western man's conception and acceptance of death as evidenced in customs, literature, and art since medieval times.

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Title:	Western Attitudes toward Death: From the Middle Ages to the Present (The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History)
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Henschen, Hans-Horst	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Western Attitudes toward Death: From the Middle Ages to the Present

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Essais sur l'histoire de la mort en Occident du Moyen âge à nos jours

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Met het oog op de dood : westerse opvattingen over de dood, van de Middeleeuwen tot heden

Western Attitudes toward Death: From the Middle Ages to the Present

L'uomo e la morte dal medioevo a oggi

Studien zur Geschichte des Todes im Abendland

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1966-1975 (1e édtion dans diverses revues et publications)

1975 (1e édition originale partile enaglaise sous le titre 'Western attitudes towards death from Middle ages to the present", et des extraits de diverses revues et publications, 19 66 - 19 75')

1977 (Nouvelle édition française compilée, Points histoire, Seuil)

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Note : Réunit les textes de quatre conférences prononcées à la Johns Hopkins University, précédemment publiés en anglais sous le titre : "Western attitudes towards death from Middle ages to the present", et des extraits de diverses revues et publications, 1966-1975

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Reveals the change in Western man's conception and acceptance of death as evidenced in customs, literature, and art since medieval times.

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Après l'histoire de la famille, Philippe Ariès a consacré ses recherches à l'histoire des attitudes de l'homme occidental devant la mort. Il livre ici l'essentiel de ses découvertes, à savoir comment on est passé progressivement de la mort familière, " apprivoisée ", au Moyen Âge, à la mort refoulée, maudite et " interdite " dans les sociétés contemporaines. Fuir la mort, telle semble être la tentation de l'Occident.

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