@thomthom said:
Sceptic...
I get the impression that people before was better at dealing with death than we are now. When people lived in died in the same bed - with their whole families. And more people where living outside cities - they also dealt with the death of animals which gave them their food. It's my impression we're more disconnected from dealing with death than before.
I agree with you that as modern societies, we do seem more removed from death. I am referring specifically to imagery. I think a comparison would be photos from the battlefields of the US civil war. I would guess at that time, there wasn't much in "media" to compare.