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The State in pursuit of thanatopolitics: Accounting and the citizenry

open access: yes, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to contribute to the research literature on the role of accounting in the Holocaust. This study provides a novel but robust theoretical structure to help us understand the role that accounting played in the death of ...
Erin Jade Twyford (20167062)
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The Suspended End: Time, Death and the Undecidable in Poe’s Thanatopolitics

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Abstract This study examines the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Premature Burial, The Pit and the Pendulum and The Masque of the Red Death. These tales are also philosophical explorations of the concept of suspended death or what is called the suspended end. They demonstrate death as deferred
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Sleeves of Death: Thanatopolitics and Disposable Bodies in Altered Carbon

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This paper explores a critical examination of thanatopolitics, necropolitics and posthumanism in Richard K. Morgan’s Altered Carbon (2002), especially the devaluation and disposal of bodies in a highly technologically advanced yet morally rendered society. In the novel, consciousness is made digital and stored in stacks and bodies, often referred to as
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Governing Death: Organizing End-of-life Situations

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This paper examines the organization of death. Through an ethnographic study, we examine how a geriatrics department guides the end of life. Drawing on Agamben, we show that organizations that are dedicated to life, but regularly confronted with death ...
Caroline Lambert   +2 more
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"Examining Thanatopolitics: The Socio-Medical Impact of Intergenerational Racialization"

open access: yesBiomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, 2023
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