The 36th Kokoro Seminar “Death and Dying East and West” / Mon 17 Nov.2014

The 36th Kokoro Seminar / Mon 17 Nov.2014
“Death and Dying East and West”

A lecture by Tony Walter, PhD.,
Professor and Director of the Centre for Death and Society, The University of Bath, UK
Summary :
What determines how a society manages death and dying? Does it depend on the society’s state of economic development: hunter-gatherer, agrarian, industrial, post-industrial? Or does it depend more on national history, laws and culture? How important nowadays are global forces? Or are there distinctive Eastern and Western ways of managing death? This lecture tries to unravel how these different factors interact and shape how people today die, create funeral rites, and mourn.
Date: Mon 17 Nov.2014
Time: 15:30-17:00 (Doors open at 15:00)
Place: Large Conference Room (3rd floor) at Kyoto University Inamori Center
(46 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida Sakyo-ku, Kyoto)
http://kokoro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/AboutUs/access.html
Open to the General Public
Fee: Not required
Remarks: Language English
Supported in part by a grant from The Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education
Inquiries: Liaison Office, Kokoro Research Center
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