RELIGST 2N03 Lecture Notes - Livor Mortis, Algor Mortis, Rigor Mortis
17 Mar 2014
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From realm of ordinary everyday life to health care institution: someone may consider themselves dead if they can no longer take care of themselves. Some contemporary scholars view death as symbolic construction. Death subject to same rules and limitations as other concepts we have. Death has important references associations and consequences. Symbol: any object, act, event, person, idea or narrative that conveys meaning. Geertz: religions are systems of symbols that provide a meaningful orientation fr the believer. Shapes believers interpretation of life experiences including death. These interpretation or definitions are human constructs embedded in words concepts ways of thinking available in particular societies t particular historical moments. Thus definitons of death vary within western society and cross culturally. Left with feeling that constructs of death still under construction. Symbolic constructions of death can lead to whether you think interaction is possible.
