De Spelder and Strickland (1983) assert that the understanding of death is communicated through the socialization process by which children learn the concepts and conversations that have meaning. value in modern society (p.64). Geoffrey Goer believes that there is evidence to suggest that death has become taboo and has replaced sex as the unspoken subject of today's society. Goer says that children “are introduced from their earliest years to love (the concept of sex); But they no longer see their grandfather and express their astonishment, they are told that he is resting in a beautiful garden among the flowers” ​​(Walter, p.92-3, 1991). In this essay, I will discuss whether death is, as Geoffrey Goer suggests, a "taboo" subject within Western society. First, I will outline what I mean by the terms "death" and "taboo," after which I will outline the reasons why scholars consider death to be a taboo subject and why some argue that death It's not a taboo subject. Finally, based on the analysis of these arguments, I will propose, based on the evidence, whether death is truly “taboo.” Before presenting the arguments, it is useful to describe and define what “taboo” and “death” mean. “Taboo” is defined as “something forbidden, prohibited, by custom rather than by law.” It may be something too terrible to even think about, the reality being denied, or more weakly, it is simply not mentioned in conversation” (Walter, p. 295, 1991). From this definition we can see that a taboo is when there is an absence of communication due to a warning, whatever the subject, but in this case, death. The definition of “death” in the biomedical sense is the absence of life, whereby someone no longer lives. In addition, the death also comes with a "certification" from a doctor who...... middle of paper ......was born (England) and where he encountered limitations. Elsewhere, in other industrialized societies, it maintains or extends its empire » p.103, 1974) Reference list Aries, P. (1974). Western attitudes toward death from the Middle Ages to the present. London, Marion Boyars, p.85-103De Spelder, LA and Strickland, AL (1983). The last dance meeting death and agony. California, Mayfield, p.1-32. Kastenbaum, R. J. (2001). Death, Society and Human Experience, Sydney, Allyn and Bacon, (7th edition), p.29-58. Mellor, PA (1993). “Death in high modernity: the contemporary presence and absence of death” in D. Clarke, The Sociology of Death, Oxford, Blackwell, p.11-30. Walter, T. (1991). “Modern death: taboo or not taboo? Sociology, 25(2), p.293-310Walter, T. (1994). The Revival of Death, London and New York, Routledge, p..77-92.