Fear of Death

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE V
3. CONTENTS VII
4. Studying Concepts of Person: General Introduction 1
5. PART I: THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
6. Introduction 7
7. Some Remarks on the Concept of Person in Western Philosophy 9
8. A Few Critical Remarks on the Concept of Person 25
9. The Concept of Person in American Anthropology: The Cultural Perspective of Clifford Geertz 35
10. The Concept of Person: Some Heuristical Notes 51
11. Religious Traditions and the Human Person 67
12. PART II: ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN CONCEPTS OF PERSON
13. Introduction 79
14. Some Remarks on the Concept 'Person' in the Ancient Egyptian Culture 83
15. Name and Person in Ancient Judaism and Christianity 103
16. The Image of the Philosopher in Late Antiquity and in Early Christianity 125
17. The Saint as Symbol: Conceptions of the Person in Late Antiquity and Early Christianity 137
18. Fear of Death 159
19. PART III: NON-WESTERN CONCEPTS OF PERSON
20. Introduction 173
21. Towards Contemporary Islamic Concepts of the Person 177
22. Can You Marry a Djinni? An Aspect of the Djinn as Persons 217
23. Some Reflections on the Concept of Person in Ancient Indian Texts 229
24. An Indian Image of Man: An Inquiry into a Change of Perspective in the Hindu World-view 279
25. Hopi Hermeneutics: Ritual Person Among the Hopi Indians of Arizona 309
26. Ego-Awareness and the Person in the West African World View 337
27. PART IV: SPECIAL ISSUES
28. Persona Non Grata: The Case of Zwarte Piet 361
29. Extraterrestrial Persons 383
30. General Bibliography 393
31. About the Authors 397
32. Index 403