by Edgar Morin · Editorial Kairós SA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472453159
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«El hombre y la muerte» is the philosophical essay by Edgar Morin, published by Editorial Kairós in paperback (376 pages, in Spanish).
Morin examines from biology the conception of death in primitive man, its historical crystallizations, and the current «crisis of death», linked to the crisis of individuality. Morin places the origin of religious beliefs in the burial of the dead and sees in magic, spiritualism, and the afterlife human responses to the problem.
Work originally published in 1974; belongs to Kairós's Essay collection. Translated from French by Abraham Velez de Cea.
Work of interest to readers of philosophy, anthropology, and psychology, especially those seeking an interdisciplinary synthesis on death.
Edgar Morin was a French philosopher and sociologist of the theory of information who has been recognised for his work on complexity and "complex thought", and for his scholarly contributions to such diverse fields as media studies, politics, sociology, visual anthropology, ecology, education, and systems biology. He held two bachelors degrees, one in history and geography and one in law, and never did a Ph.D.
