©2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. The Art of Being Human,7/e Chapter 14 – Life and Death PowerPoint by Julie Rodakowski

©2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. DEATH ATTITUDES & LIFE AFFIRMATION

©2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. Death in the Popular Arts — Humor — The Magnification of Death — viewing horror movies reading murder mysteries watching dangerous spectacles telling jokes about death marking death as a special event, as in the importance we place on the death of celebrities IMAGES OF DEATH

©2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. The Medicalization of Death — Death in Literature — Death in Music — medical profession — conquest of death a priority medical shows — increasing in number novelists — James Agee, etc. poets — A. E. Housman, etc. funeral hymns solemn marches IMAGES OF DEATH

©2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. A Philosopher’s Death — Death and an After-Life — Death and Fate — Socrates viewed in religion, literature, drama, film, music, etc. Fatalism is the belief that all events have been predetermined. IMAGES OF DEATH

©2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. Feelings of Unworth — Symbolic Suicide — Symbolic Death — People who have an inner sense of UNWORTH are committing the most obvious form of symbolic death. People who beat themselves up inside, or who imagine what death will be like arecommitting symbolic suicide. People who kill others symbolically by verbal knife thrusts, etc. are committing symbolic death for the other person. SYMBOLIC DEATH

©2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. The Phoenix — Life affirmation consists of recognizing that there is only NOW. Reinventing ourselves is a process of affirming our lives. Life affirmation cannot happen until we do something about guilt. This mythological bird is an ancient symbol of life affirmation and rebirth. MODELS OF LIFE AFFIRMATION