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The Denial of Death

By Ernest Becker

Book information

Publisher
Free Press
Year
1997
ISBN
0684832402, 9780684832401
LCC
BD444 .B36 1997
Open Library ID
OL24204983M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3541784 bytes)
Series
Free Press Paperback
Edition
Free PR Paperba.
Pages
332\332
Time added
2011-01-08 23:22:23

Description

Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackles the problem of the vital lie -- man's refusal to acknowledge his own mortality. In doing so, he sheds new light on the nature of humanity and issues a call to life and its living that still resonates more than twenty years after its writing.

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