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The Sociology of Mourning
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According to the sociologist Robert Hertz, what is the primary function of mourning rituals?
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To facilitate the separation of the living from the dead
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Hertz argued that mourning rituals serve to help the living come to terms with the death of a loved one and to gradually detach themselves from the deceased, both emotionally and socially.