Ariès, Philippe. 1980. "Five Variations on Four Themes,"
in The Hour of Our Death. (Trans.) H. Weaver. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 602-14

 

 

5 models

 

 

 

 

 

4 themes

 

 

 

1. tame death (ancient & medieval)    

2. death of the self (late medieval)

3. remote and imminent death (16-18th c)

4. death of the other (19th c)

5. invisible death (20th c)

1.community
individuality (politics)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. nature
(metaphysics)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. afterlife
(religion)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. evil
(ethics)