The Rites of the Afterlife.
Odile Jacob| N° d'inventaire | 1406 |
| Format | 15.5 x 24 |
| Détails | 330 p., numerous black and white photos, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 1995 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782738103246 |
Humanity is defined by its relationship with death. Funeral rites are the trace of this essential relationship with the afterlife, which gives meaning to existence. Jean-Pierre Mohen introduces us to them, in their richness, their variety, and sometimes their strangeness. From the Paleolithic to the beginnings of the Neolithic, via Egypt, Greece, ancient Rome, and even ancient China, to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; from Jericho to Easter Island and Madagascar, from Greenland to Sudan. He thus reveals to us what was once the vision that men had of the afterlife as well as of the here below, and how, depending on the place and the time, it has changed.
Humanity is defined by its relationship with death. Funeral rites are the trace of this essential relationship with the afterlife, which gives meaning to existence. Jean-Pierre Mohen introduces us to them, in their richness, their variety, and sometimes their strangeness. From the Paleolithic to the beginnings of the Neolithic, via Egypt, Greece, ancient Rome, and even ancient China, to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; from Jericho to Easter Island and Madagascar, from Greenland to Sudan. He thus reveals to us what was once the vision that men had of the afterlife as well as of the here below, and how, depending on the place and the time, it has changed.