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Nov 1, 2021 · It isn’t just depressing to bring death into the foreground of consciousness by creating an atmosphere of violence — it’s also dangerous. Any political arrangement that lets masses of people die thematizes death, by making lethal violence perceptible, frequent, salient, talked-about, and tolerated.
An exploration of what makes life worth living in the face of death — and how to move forward with grief and loss.
Oct 26, 2007 · According to the whole-brain standard, human death is the irreversible cessation of functioning of the entire brain, including the brainstem. This standard is generally associated with an organismic definition of death (as explained below).
May 22, 2002 · Death. 2.1 Life and Death. 2.2 Death and Suspended Vitality. 2.3 Being Dead. 2.4 Resurrection. 2.5 Death and What We Are.
Many dictionaries define death as “the extinction or cessation of life ” or as “ceasing to be.” As life itself is notoriously difficult to define—and as everyone tends to think of things in terms of what is known—the problems in defining death are immediately apparent.
Death: process or event. The American physician and writer Oliver Wendell Holmes said “to live is to function” and “that is all there is in living.” But who or what is the subject who lives because it functions? Is death the irreversible loss of function of the whole organism (or cell)—that is, of every one of its component parts?
04:30. Alison Killing. There’s a better way to die, and architecture can help. In this short, provocative talk, architect Alison Killing looks at buildings where death and dying happen -- cemeteries, hospitals, homes. The way we die is changing, and the way we build for dying ... well, maybe that should too.
