Part IV - THE COSMOPOLITAN AGE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
Summary
Things that were once simple are now complex. Things that were once complex now appear simple. The Cosmopolitan mentality has turned dying on its head. This-world dying is full of tests, demons and hazards. The otherworld journey, by comparison, seems like sweet reunion or mere nothingness.
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- A Social History of Dying , pp. 189 - 190Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007