The Suspension of Death: the cryonic utopia in the context of the U.S. funeral culture
This article outlines the history of cryonics, starting with fictional novels and movies and the actual formation of the cryonic movement in the 1960s. Cryonics has been considered - by its advocates - to overcome religion by offering a technological way of immortality. Since cryonics never gained s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Fachgebiet für Religionswissenschaft im Fachbereich 11, Philipps Universität Marburg
[2010]
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Marburg journal of religion
Year: 2010, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-19 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Funeral rite
/ Cryopreservation
/ Faith on progress
/ Utopia
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| Summary: | This article outlines the history of cryonics, starting with fictional novels and movies and the actual formation of the cryonic movement in the 1960s. Cryonics has been considered - by its advocates - to overcome religion by offering a technological way of immortality. Since cryonics never gained serious attention outside the United States it is promising to ask for the specific frame of American funeral culture as a condition for the emergence (and the limitations) of cryonics. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-2941 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Marburg journal of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17192/mjr.2010.15.3421 |