Concealing corpses is a collective act of repression, not practical necessity.

Evidence

The fact that this hell reflects our life experience in a more realistic and essentially truer way is of no consequence. We know this is how it is, but we do not want to face it. Hence the collective act of repression symbolised by the concealment of our dead. — Karl Ove Knausgaard, A Death in the Family, 3

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: the archaeology of why we hide bodies — unpacking the ‘practical purpose’ myth and what our rituals actually guard against.
• XREF: connects to: Small acts of decorum toward corpses matter more than practical logic — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 483

Broader Connections

• Small acts of decorum toward corpses matter more than practical logic #expands (0.65) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 483