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Heideggerean bond between language and death that had come to define as well the notion of thanatopraxis in Derrida's thought (unmentioned as such by Agamben) during these same years: where the absence proven by the presence of signification runs all reference into the grave even while carrying the enunciating subject back to the unspoken conditions of speech itself.
brueckl100 commented on the word thanatopraxis
"Thanatopraxis is not mummification, but a body preservation technique used mainly for the public display of corpses. The practice, regulated in Italy under a law passed in 2022, is considered a modern evolution of embalming, and is distinguished by the use of less invasive substances that are more respectful of the human body."
April 23, 2025