...order for the organism to be armed for self-preservation. But the fear of death cannot be present 589 constantly in one's mental functioning, else the organism...effort to keep the lid on and inwardly never relax our watchfulness. And so we can understand what seems like an impossible paradox: the ever-present fear...

...people tend to repress the fear that comes from this awareness. As Zilboorg stated, "if this fear were constantly conscious, we should be unable to function...to keep us living with any modicum of comfort.. .We are intent on mastering death..." (Becker 1973, 17). Kirkegaard and Freud both believed that the fear...

...3.2 Lee FRIEDUNDER Industrial Northern United States 1968 27 94x35 56 cm that the awareness of death "'must be properly repressed to keep us living with any modicum of comfort. '"Canadian photographers, however, do appear to be able to sustain a constant awareness of death, though...

...paradoxically, the repression of this same constant awareness of death is necessary for daily existence: If this fear were as constantly conscious, we should...effort to keep the lid on and inwardly never relax our watchfulness. . . . Therefore, in normal times we move about actually without ever believing in our...

...Denial of Death Ernest Becker quotes Gregory Zilboorg, who maintains that if the fear of death were constantly conscious, "we should be unable to function...repressed to keep us living with any modicum of comfort" (16-17). 6. Some exceptions can be found in works by women of color or ethnicity, which more often...