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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... Meaning , Second Edition , New York : Free Press , 1971 ) in order to set the framework for the other chapters . One of the key concepts for understanding man's urge to 4P_Becker_Denial of Death_LE.indd 1 6/26/23 10:58 AM CHAPTER ONE ...
... Meaning , Second Edition , New York : Free Press , 1971 ) in order to set the framework for the other chapters . One of the key concepts for understanding man's urge to 4P_Becker_Denial of Death_LE.indd 1 6/26/23 10:58 AM CHAPTER ONE ...
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... meaning . They earn this feeling by carving out a place in nature , by building an edifice that reflects human value : a temple , a cathedral , a totem pole , a skyscraper , a family that spans three generations . The hope and be- lief ...
... meaning . They earn this feeling by carving out a place in nature , by building an edifice that reflects human value : a temple , a cathedral , a totem pole , a skyscraper , a family that spans three generations . The hope and be- lief ...
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... meaning. Every society thus is a “religion” whether it thinks so or not: Soviet “religion” and Maoist “religion” are as truly religious as are scientific and consumer “religion,” no matter how much they may try to disguise themselves by ...
... meaning. Every society thus is a “religion” whether it thinks so or not: Soviet “religion” and Maoist “religion” are as truly religious as are scientific and consumer “religion,” no matter how much they may try to disguise themselves by ...
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... meaning of Pascal's chilling reflec- tion : “ Men are so necessarily mad that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness . ” Necessarily because the existential dualism makes an impossible situation , an excruciating dilemma ...
... meaning of Pascal's chilling reflec- tion : “ Men are so necessarily mad that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness . ” Necessarily because the existential dualism makes an impossible situation , an excruciating dilemma ...
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... Meaning of Anality A sensitive thinker in the age of Freud has had to live a tortured intellectual life — at least this is an autobiographical reflection . There seems to be so much truth in the Freudian world view , and at the same ...
... Meaning of Anality A sensitive thinker in the age of Freud has had to live a tortured intellectual life — at least this is an autobiographical reflection . There seems to be so much truth in the Freudian world view , and at the same ...
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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