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. |
À l'intérieur du livre
Résultats 1-5 sur 83
Page 11
... Character as a Vital Lie 25 47 CHAPTER FIVE : The Psychoanalyst Kierkegaard 67 CHAPTER SIX : The Problem of Freud's Character , Noch Einmal 93 PART II : THE FAILURES OF HEROISM 125 CHAPTER SEVEN : The Spell Cast by Persons- The Nexus of ...
... Character as a Vital Lie 25 47 CHAPTER FIVE : The Psychoanalyst Kierkegaard 67 CHAPTER SIX : The Problem of Freud's Character , Noch Einmal 93 PART II : THE FAILURES OF HEROISM 125 CHAPTER SEVEN : The Spell Cast by Persons- The Nexus of ...
Page 22
... character " is the first line of de- fense that protects us from the painful awareness of our helplessness . Every child borrows power from adults and creates a personality by introjecting the qualities of the godlike being . If I am ...
... character " is the first line of de- fense that protects us from the painful awareness of our helplessness . Every child borrows power from adults and creates a personality by introjecting the qualities of the godlike being . If I am ...
Page 23
... character . Society provides the second line of defense against our natural impo- tence by creating a hero system that allows us to believe that we transcend death by participating in something of lasting worth . We achieve ersatz im ...
... character . Society provides the second line of defense against our natural impo- tence by creating a hero system that allows us to believe that we transcend death by participating in something of lasting worth . We achieve ersatz im ...
Page 25
... character armor , and a conscious choice to abide in the face of terror . The existential hero who follows this way of self - analysis differs from the average person in knowing that he / she is obsessed . Instead of hiding within the ...
... character armor , and a conscious choice to abide in the face of terror . The existential hero who follows this way of self - analysis differs from the average person in knowing that he / she is obsessed . Instead of hiding within the ...
Page 14
... character structure or especially tragic experiences, then you are bound to be pessimistic. One psychologist remarked to me that the whole idea of the fear of death was an import by existentialists and Prot- estant theologians who had ...
... character structure or especially tragic experiences, then you are bound to be pessimistic. One psychologist remarked to me that the whole idea of the fear of death was an import by existentialists and Prot- estant theologians who had ...
Table des matières
1 | |
9 | |
25 | |
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 |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Expressions et termes fréquents
Adler anal animal anxiety basic Becker becomes body burden castration castration anxiety castration complex causa-sui project Chapter character child clinical complex creation creative creature creatureliness cultural death instinct defenses denial Erich Fromm Ernest Becker existential experience fact fantasy father fear of death feel fetish fetishist freedom Freud Freudian Fromm give Greenacre guilt helplessness hero hero system heroic human condition hypnosis Ibid idea ideal ideology illusion immortality individual inner insight instinct Jung Kierkegaard kind live magical man's meaning modern mother mystery narcissism nature neurosis neurotic Oedipus Oedipus complex one's oneself Otto Rank parents patient person perversions physical possibility precisely problem Psychiatry psychoanalytic psychology psychosis Rank Rank's reality reason religion represents role sado-masochism schizophrenic scientific secure seems sense sexual social symbolic talk terror thing thought transcendence transference object Transvestism truly truth understand whole