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The Politics of Death: An Anthropological Excavation of Political Ascension Through the Strategic Manipulation of Post-Mortem Bodies as Objects to be Used, Misuse and Abuse – and the Historic Ghost we’ve Inherited, Materially and Immaterially (2017)
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Three kinds of post-mortem manipulations occur for three distinct reasons. They are connected by the need for authoritative power and the desire to be seen as strong. Selfish notions of self-preservation are manifested through governmental bodies in the name of freedom and evolution. The three kinds of post-mortem configuration can be categorized like this: (A) political ascension; (B) national or geographic control and domination; (C) reactive exclamations, usually performed by the powerless...