Las Fronteras de la Muerte

In The Borders of Death, the genealogy of the concept of death is drawn, in particular the radical change it suffered from the eighteenth century, when the medicalization of death and the fear of premature inhumation questioned the certainty of its signs. Already in the twentieth century, explains Laura Bossi, the new techniques of resuscitation and transplants raised the problem of not considering alive someone who is actually dead and who could be an organ donor. With the help of this historical journey, the author discovers the social, cultural, scientific, economic and religious reasons of the modern debate around the boundaries between life and death.