A Revised Interpretive Approach to the Religious Significance of Death in Western Societies
A critical review of the work of Parsons and associates on the meaning of death in modern society reveals a tendency to one-function reductionism. This is incompatible with action-theoretical premises underlying the model of socio-cultural modernity as a complex system. Perusal of prominent contempo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1982
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1982, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 327-349 |
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| Summary: | A critical review of the work of Parsons and associates on the meaning of death in modern society reveals a tendency to one-function reductionism. This is incompatible with action-theoretical premises underlying the model of socio-cultural modernity as a complex system. Perusal of prominent contemporary theological writing on the meaning of suffering and death provides a first step toward a more systematically ordered interpretation of death in the modern Occident. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3710831 |