The "story" Laqueur tells is the history of the human imagination and its refusal to treat a corpse as mere biological waste. Key themes and narratives within the book include:
Thomas Laqueur's (French: Le Travail des Morts ) is not a fictional story, but a sweeping, detailed cultural history that explores why the living have always felt a deep, undeniable obligation to care for the bodies of the deceased. Download Thomas Laqueur travail des morts epub
The "story" Laqueur tells is the history of the human imagination and its refusal to treat a corpse as mere biological waste. Key themes and narratives within the book include:
Thomas Laqueur's (French: Le Travail des Morts ) is not a fictional story, but a sweeping, detailed cultural history that explores why the living have always felt a deep, undeniable obligation to care for the bodies of the deceased.
