Departing from a persisting current in Western thought, which conceives of time in the abstract, and often reflects upon death as occupying a space at life's ma

Addressing a gap in social science research to explore the meanings, understandings, and experiences of time at life’s most critical point, this book takes a

‘Passing’ is a common euphemism for the death of a person, as he or she is said to ‘pass away’ or ‘pass on’. This open-ended saying has at its heart

Throughout history mankind has struggled to reconcile itself with the inescapability of its own mortality. This book explores the themes of immortality and surv

From the ritual object which functions as a substitute for the dead - thus acting as a medium for communicating with the ’other world’ - to the representati