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Part IV - THE COSMOPOLITAN AGE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2009

Allan Kellehear
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La Trobe University, Victoria
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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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Print publication year: 2007

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  • THE COSMOPOLITAN AGE
  • Allan Kellehear, La Trobe University, Victoria
  • Book: A Social History of Dying
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511481352.014
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  • THE COSMOPOLITAN AGE
  • Allan Kellehear, La Trobe University, Victoria
  • Book: A Social History of Dying
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511481352.014
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  • THE COSMOPOLITAN AGE
  • Allan Kellehear, La Trobe University, Victoria
  • Book: A Social History of Dying
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511481352.014
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