Concept information
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health sciences
death and dying
conceptualizations of death
cross-cultural perspectives on death
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human development and life transitions
death and dying
conceptualizations of death
cross-cultural perspectives on death
Terme préférentiel
kamikaze pilots
Définition
- At the end of World War II, as a last ditch effort the Japanese military instituted the tokkōtai (or kamikaze) operations, in which pilots were asked, as a one-way mission, to dive into American aircraft carriers. Their voices defy the prevalent stereotype of “crazy chauvinistic zealots”: “It is easy to talk about death in the abstract, as the ancient philosophers discussed. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Kamikaze Pilots]
Concept générique
Appartient au groupe
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-LJPK1WX9-J
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