01923nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801030007608200150017910000210019424500680021526000400028330000230032336500090034652012850035565000180164065000290165865000100168770000200169720261102114956.0261102b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781804550069  a: Brijwasi Books Distributorsb: H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi.c: BW/000828d: 28/10/2026  a823.92 CAS  aCaswell, Glenys.  aTime of Deathb: A Sociological Exploration.c/ Glenys Caswell.  a, UKb: Emerald Publishingc, 2024.  axv, 137p.c: 24cm.  b6726  aAddressing a gap in social science research to explore the meanings, understandings, and experiences of time at life’s most critical point, Time of Death takes a thoughtful sociological approach to questions about how humans use and experience time in relation to when someone dies.

Considering temporal theories and drawing on a range of disciplines, Glenys Caswell discusses efforts to measure and record times of death, as well as the ways in which people who undergo bereavement experience time during that process. Looking at the impact of digital technologies, the differences in interpretation of what counts as death in varied social contexts, assisted dying and temporal dissonance, and global cases of people dying alone, the author poses critical questions. To what extent is this measurement the province of the medical and legal professions, and official state statistics? How accurate is this data and is there need for its collection? How does time in relation to death become fluid in a previously non-experienced way?

Investigating this conceptual focus and questioning what it can add to our knowledge of the human relationship with time, Caswell brings together studies on death and temporality to create a valuable resource for scholars across disciplines.  aTime of Death  aSociological Exploration  aNovel  aGlenys Caswell.