COMMUNICATIVE, ETHICAL AND POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF DEATH IN MODERNITY
Abstract
IN WESTERN SOCIETY TODAY, DEATH IS OMNIPRESENT AND NEGATED AS A STAGE OF LIFE. THE HISTORY OF CAPITALIST SOCIETY FROM THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED ON THE BASIS OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION OF OUR EXPERIENCE OF DEATH. THIS WORK OFFERS A BRIEF EXPOSITION OF THE SOCIAL FACTORS WHICH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE INTERPRETATION OF ACTUAL CONDITIONS OF DEATH. SOME OF THOSE FACTORS ARE SOCIAL STRUCTURE, LIFE EXPECTANCY, PROCESS OF SOCIALIZATION OF CHILD IN, DISSOLUTION OF THE COLLECTIVE DIMENSION OF LIFE, ARTIFICIAL OR INSTRUMENTAL INTERACTION INTRODUCED BY THE "MEDIA" (POWER AND MONEY). THE STUDY OF THE PRACTICES AND DISCOURSES ABOUT DEATH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCE FIELD ALLOWS US TO FIND OUT A COHERENT BASIS ON WHICH WE EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POLITICAL DECISIONS, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF MEDICAL SERVICES AND OTHER VARIABLES. ANALYSIS OF BIOMEDICAL MECHANISMS IS COMBINED WITH SOCIAL THEORY IN ORDER TO STUDY THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF THE MEDICALIZATION AND INSTI ...
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