Aesthetics as metaphysical meaning-making in the face of death
In my ethnographic research on death and dying in contemporary Finland, I explore how Finns facing end of life due to a long-term illness or other terminal condition seek to orient themselves and make meaning with cultural tools such as imagery, language, and metaphysical thinking. My primary resear...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2016]
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Approaching religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 96-111 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Finland
/ Secularization
/ Sick person
/ Awareness of death
/ Metaphysics
/ Aesthetics
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IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion |
Further subjects: | B
Ethnography
B Hospice B metaphysical meaning-making B cultural phenomenology B Death B Dying B Aesthetic Experience |
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