The dying body as lived experience / Alan Blum.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

xi, 213 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Desperation as grey zone -- Fear and trembling -- The collective fantasizes death : the imaginary at the end of its tether -- Fear and likely stories -- Death, happiness and the meaning of life : the view from sociology -- Ending and beginning -- The enigma of the brain and its place as cause, character, and pretext in the imaginary of dementia -- The writing machine : public health, dementia and the spell of the brain as an object of social enthusiasm -- Plague strikes the family -- The cliche of depression -- Tragedy and comedy -- The travesty of end of life.