Course Description
This course delves into the concept of death, exa.m.ining it from various perspectives, including philosophical, cultural, psychological, economic, and religious viewpoints. This course will not focus on understanding what death is, but rather how the idea of death (and death itself) is endured across cultures, philosophical approaches, social and individual practices. We dive deep into what it means to die and how to give meaning to our deaths, how to best endure death and how to die well. It also considers cultural and artistic efforts at conceptualizing death as well as offer us an opportunity to do so.