The Meaning of Death By Herman Feifel, Ph.D.

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Hardcover

Psychology

The Meaning of Death

, edited by Herman Feifel, Ph.D. and published in 1959 by McGraw-Hill, is widely considered the foundational text of the modern thanatology (death studies) movement. By compiling clinical studies, essays, and articles from 21 prominent experts across disciplines—including psychology, medicine, philosophy, theology, and art—Feifel successfully broke a deeply entrenched cultural taboo against the scientific and psychological study of death.