Review: The Denial of Death
Avis d'utilisateur - Jacob - GoodreadsNot the best writing, but pretty much sums up the human project. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Denial of Death
Avis d'utilisateur - Savinien - GoodreadsThe Denial of Death takes a fascinating idea and runs too far with it. Becker believes that the fear of death--and the related fear of living in a wondrous, terrifying, unpredictable world--powers all ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Denial of Death
Avis d'utilisateur - Barbie - Goodreads“The irony of man's condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation; but it is life itself which awakens it, and so we must shrink from being fully alive.” ― Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Denial of Death
Avis d'utilisateur - Joe - GoodreadsA masterpiece in terms of distilling knowledge out of chaos. The documentary "Flight from Death" twigged me to the works of Ernest Becker. He uses multiple disciplines to look at human nature and ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Denial of Death
Avis d'utilisateur - John David Lionel Brooke - GoodreadsI found this book difficult to read on a Kindle. A mind numbing overload of Psychological perspectives from a vast number of bonafide sources. Neatly assembled with lucid comments by the author ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Denial of Death
Avis d'utilisateur - Brian Doyle - GoodreadsOn the cover this looks like one of those "blank" for dummies books they put near the cash registers at mall book stores in the US. But it is fairly deep. At least for someone who only has taken Psych ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Denial of Death
Avis d'utilisateur - Laura - GoodreadsI don't think I've ever felt so ambivalent about a book. On one hand, I agree with Tyler below: the way Becker asserts completely unscientific claims as scientific--rigorously scientific--is maddening ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Denial of Death
Avis d'utilisateur - Michelle - GoodreadsSo I'm a little bit behind recording my reads, but it's been kind of a busy year so far so I hope that's alright. I might not have mentioned this, but Julie and I have challenged each other to read ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Denial of Death
Avis d'utilisateur - Mike - GoodreadsThe Denial of Death straddles the line between astounding intellectual ambition and crackpot theorizing; it is a compendium of brilliant intellectual exercises that are more satisfying poetically than ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Denial of Death
Avis d'utilisateur - Nancy Rojo - GoodreadsI am in a holding pattern with this book...maybe later will I continue Consulter l'avis complet
