Louis-Vincent Thomas Books

Louis-Vincent Thomas was a French sociologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist with a specialization in Africa, who also founded the field of thanatology. His writings explore socialism, burial practices, and systems of thought in sub-Saharan Africa. He conducted comparative studies on death across Western and African cultures, often challenging the notion that anthropology and sociology are distinct disciplines.

Antropología de la muerte
640 pages
23 hours of reading
La vida moderna ha producido elementos que modifican la visi n de la muerte, alterando de ra z las antiguas nociones m gicas sagradas, que reconciliaban al hombre con la muerte. a fin de subrayar dicha transformaci n, esta investigaci n presenta una comparaci n entre la visi n de la muerte en una sociedad africana arcaica, y la de moderna sociedad industrial, sin dejar de observar rasgos constantes como el horror ante la descomposici n del cad ver.

Antropología de la muerte