The prevalent approach in Taiwan's thanatological discourse treats death as simply common fate of humanity, while overlooks the constructive dimension of modern death. This reductive and essentialized approach to the issues of death, in my view, provides only one-sided view on the moral and political controversies surrounding death and funeral rituals. Following theories of Giddens, Elias, Ariès, Seale and others, this essay explores the relation between death and modernity, and the politics of modern death. In the end, this essay shows the politics of dead body (corpse) is an important element of the politics of modern death and modern body.