On Death and Other Options

Anthropology is a good place to start when investigating world views on death. Philosophy, art, science and technology also offer possible in-depth understanding of how society and, later, individuals have dealt with death and developed rituals in coping with the fear and anguish, loss and abandonment that ceasing to exist brings about. But when considering death and other options, it is a safe bet to start by learning how culture has viewed death over the centuries.