In his seminal book on the historical periods of Western attitudes
toward death, Philippe Aries describes four consecutive periods through
which these attitudes evolved and transformed. According to him, the
historical attitudes of Western cultures have passed through four major
parts described above: “Tamed Death,” One’s Own Death,” “Thy Death,” and
“Forbidden Death.” This paper, after exploring this concept through the
lens of Persian Poetic Wisdom, concludes that he historical attitudes
of Persian-speaking people toward death have generally passed through
two major periods. The first period is an amalgamation of Aries’ “Tamed
Death” and “One’s Own Death” periods, and the second period is an
amalgamation of Aries’ “Thy Death” and “Forbidden Death” periods. hope that helped :)
