{"product_id":"the-modern-art-of-dying-a-history-of-euthanasia-in-the-united-states-paperback","title":"The Modern Art of Dying: A History of Euthanasia in the United States - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShai J. Lavi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow we die reveals much about how we live. In this provocative book, Shai Lavi traces the history of euthanasia in the United States to show how changing attitudes toward death reflect new and troubling ways of experiencing pain, hope, and freedom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lavi begins with the historical meaning of euthanasia as signifying an \"easeful death.\" Over time, he shows, the term came to mean a death blessed by the grace of God, and later, medical hastening of death. Lavi illustrates these changes with compelling accounts of changes at the deathbed. He takes us from early nineteenth-century deathbeds governed by religion through the medicalization of death with the physician presiding over the deathbed, to the legalization of physician-assisted suicide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unlike previous books, which have focused on law and technique as explanations for the rise of euthanasia, this book asks why law and technique have come to play such a central role in the way we die. What is at stake in the modern way of dying is not human progress, but rather a fundamental change in the way we experience life in the face of death, Lavi argues. In attempting to gain control over death, he maintains, we may unintentionally have ceded control to policy makers and bio-scientific enterprises.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Shai Lavi has enormously deepened the current argument over euthanasia by putting it in a perspective that has seldom entered the discussion, namely, its history. The genealogy of the idea and practices that have turned the art of dying into the technique of dying does not solve the current debate, but it does allow us to see it not just as an argument between ethicists, but as one about the cultural meaning of death. This book is essential for anyone who is concerned about euthanasia and has the potential of changing the very terms of the discussion.\"\u003cb\u003e--Robert N. Bellah, University of California, Berkeley, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eHabits of the Heart and The Good Society\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"How do we die? What do our ways of dying tell us about who we are and what kind of society we live in? Using the controversy over euthanasia to address these questions, Shai Lavi has written a theoretically sophisticated and persuasive book. Deftly combining historical argument and legal analysis, \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Art of Dying\u003c\/i\u003e speaks to important ethical issues with great sensitivity and unusual subtlety. It exemplifies the best in interdisciplinary scholarship.\"\u003cb\u003e--Austin Sarat, Amherst College, author of the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eMercy on Trial\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book presents a subtle, nuanced investigation of the practice of euthanasia. It is a thoroughly researched study, relying on a variety of primary sources as well as keen historical instincts to tell a compelling, textured, and insightful story.\"\u003cb\u003e--Gary Laderman, Emory College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This is an outstanding book-beautifully crafted, extremely thoughtful, exceptionally well-organized and argued, and highly original. It's an important story and Lavi has organized it in a compelling, highly readable manner.\"\u003cb\u003e--Sharon Kaufman, University of California, San Francisco.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shai Lavi has written a timely, insightful, and valuable book. Even those who have agitated for or against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide rarely know the long history behind our current arguments. He does the necessary and invaluable work of a sociologist and historian: showing us the roots of our present debates. We are deeply influenced by them to this day.\"\u003cb\u003e--Daniel Callahan, Director of International Programs, The Hastings Center\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShai J. Lavi\u003c\/b\u003e teaches law and sociology at Tel-Aviv University. His research lies at the crossroads of culture, philosophy, and law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.92 x 5.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 18, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51819239538976,"sku":"9780691133904","price":76.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e527ce7183a2bda26cd70f5418b815ce.webp?v=1781128258","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-modern-art-of-dying-a-history-of-euthanasia-in-the-united-states-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}