The Denial of DeathSimon and Schuster, 1 nov. 2007 - 336 pages Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Denial of Death explores how people and cultures around the world have reacted to the concept of death from celebrated cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker. 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 decades after its writing. |
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... narcissism . In man , physiochemical identity and the sense of power and activity have become conscious . In man a working level of narcissism is inseparable from 4P_Becker_Denial of Death_LE.indd 2 6/26/23 10:58 AM 2 THE DENIAL OF DEATH.
... narcissism . In man , physiochemical identity and the sense of power and activity have become conscious . In man a working level of narcissism is inseparable from 4P_Becker_Denial of Death_LE.indd 2 6/26/23 10:58 AM 2 THE DENIAL OF DEATH.
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... becomes then the most important one that man can put to himself is simply this : how conscious is he of what he is ... become conscious of what one is doing to earn his feeling of 4P_Becker_Denial of Death_LE.indd 5 6/26/23 10:58 AM ...
... becomes then the most important one that man can put to himself is simply this : how conscious is he of what he is ... become conscious of what one is doing to earn his feeling of 4P_Becker_Denial of Death_LE.indd 5 6/26/23 10:58 AM ...
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... become a burden to him because he overgeneralizes them . One such generalization is what the psychoanalysts call the “ talion princi- ple . ” The child crushes insects , sees the cat eat a mouse and make it vanish , joins with the ...
... become a burden to him because he overgeneralizes them . One such generalization is what the psychoanalysts call the “ talion princi- ple . ” The child crushes insects , sees the cat eat a mouse and make it vanish , joins with the ...
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... become more and more widely spaced , and some chil- dren have more than others : we are back again to the beginning of our discussion , to those who do not believe that the fear of death is normal , who think that it is a neurotic ...
... become more and more widely spaced , and some chil- dren have more than others : we are back again to the beginning of our discussion , to those who do not believe that the fear of death is normal , who think that it is a neurotic ...
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... becomes his. What is more natural to banish one's fears than to live on delegated powers? And what does the whole growing-up period signify, if not the giving over of one's life-project? I am going to be talking about these things all ...
... becomes his. What is more natural to banish one's fears than to live on delegated powers? And what does the whole growing-up period signify, if not the giving over of one's life-project? I am going to be talking about these things all ...
Table des matières
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Human Character as a Vital Lie | 47 |
THE FAILURES OF HEROISM | 125 |
Otto Rank and the Closure | 159 |
The Present Outcome of Psychoanalysis | 177 |
A General View of Mental Illness | 209 |
RETROSPECT AND CONCLUSION | 253 |
References | 285 |
Index | 307 |
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