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The Denial of Death

By Ernest Becker

Book information

Publisher
Free Press
Year
1973
ISBN
0029023807, 9780029023808
Google Books ID
uD9wlrJzxEC
Open Library ID
OL22161465M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8600673 bytes)
Pages
336\336
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

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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