Morte e potere

by Louis-Vincent Thomas, Gianluca Perrini (Traduttore)

Morte e potere tratta innanzi tutto del potere della morte, che si impone come un’implacabile necessità. Ma c’è anche il potere sulla morte, nella folle speranza di poterla allontanare o di cancellarne l’orrore. Esiste poi il potere attraverso la morte, inseparabile dall’esercizio diretto o indiretto del potere, qeuello stesso potere che può dare l’illusione dell’immortalità.

224 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2006

About the author

Louis-Vincent Thomas (20 May 1922 – 22 January 1994) was a French sociologist, anthropologist, ethnologist, and scholar whose specialty was Africa. He was the founder of thanatology. After having taught at Cheikh Anta Diop University, he became a sociology professor at Paris Descartes University.

His writings deal with socialism, burials, and systems of thought in sub-Saharan Africa. He conducted comparative studies on death in Western culture and African culture. He often denounced the idea that anthropology and sociology are separate areas of study.