Death as a metaphor for ostracism: social invincibility, autopsy, necromancy, and resurrection
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DOI: 10.1080/13576275.2017.1382462
Abstract: Abstract Metaphors can be powerful tools for theory building in psychological sciences. I entertain death as a theoretical metaphor for ostracism and explore the degree to which they share key properties. Death is universal (we… read more here.
Keywords: social invincibility; death; constitutes social; metaphor ostracism ... See more keywords