Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 10:00:53 +0000
From: E.Tulle-Winton-AT-gcal.ac.uk (Emmanuelle Tulle-Winton)
Subject: Re: Foucault and Aries


>Hello.  Sorry; I don't know about that reference, myself.  However, Aries did
>a lecture (perhaps for Johns Hopkins?) regarding shifts in _Western Views of
>Death_ (apprx. title) over the centuries.  He eventually stated that death
>has taken the place of sex as the most taboo of subjects.  I found this
>particularly interesting when juxtaposing Foucault's views of sex and the
>body!!  Anyone read this particular Aries text/ have comments?
>K

The exact reference is Western Attitudes toward Death: From the Middle Ages
to the Present, trans P{atricia M Ranum, Johns Hopkins Univ Press,
Baltimore, 1974.  References to this text can be found in Z Bauman (1992)
Moratlity, Immortality and Other Life Strategies, Polity.

Sorry this is in lieu of views/comments!  Ive not actually read the Aries text.
Emmanuelle

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